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Physical therapy, therapeutic exercise (15 minutes) in San Francisco, CA costs $51 to $315. Here's every hospital's price.

6 hospitals in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area publish a cash price for physical therapy, therapeutic exercise (15 minutes) (CPT 97110). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for physical therapy, therapeutic exercise (15 minutes) (CPT 97110). The lowest is $51 at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, the median is $129 and the highest is $315 at Chinese Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 6.2 times the cheapest for the same code.

The San Francisco, CA median of $129 is 38% above the national median of $94 across 467 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

3 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $16 to $567. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between April 2026 and July 2026. 32 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$51
lowest cash price in San Francisco, CA
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland · 4 mi
$79 below the median
$129
median cash price
6 hospitals
6.2×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
6/38
hospitals with a cash price
32 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Oakland · 4 mi · File Apr 2026

$51
list $169 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Pleasanton · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$76
list $253 · lowest of 4 lines
3
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco

South San Francisco · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$129
list $231 · lowest of 3 lines
4
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Antioch · 30 mi · File Apr 2026

$129
list $231 · lowest of 18 lines
5
Washington Hospital

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$200
list $256 · lowest of 14 lines
6
Chinese Hospital

San Francisco · 7 mi · File Jul 2026

$315
list $315
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 97110. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 97110, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About physical therapy, therapeutic exercise (15 minutes)

CPT 97110 is therapeutic exercise with a physical therapist, billed in 15-minute units: strength, range-of-motion and endurance work after an injury, surgery or for chronic pain. A typical physical therapy visit is billed as two to four units of this and related codes, so the price per unit is a building block, not the price of a visit.

What the price covers

One 15-minute unit of therapist time. A visit usually includes an evaluation code at the first appointment (97161 to 97163) and several timed codes (97110, 97140 manual therapy, 97530 therapeutic activities). Hospital-owned therapy clinics may add a facility fee.

Why prices vary

Hospital-owned physical therapy is often two to three times the price of independent clinics for the same session, mostly because of facility fees. Since a course of therapy runs to many visits, the difference adds up quickly. Many independent clinics offer cash-pay visit rates.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price per unit of 97110, and per typical visit?
  • Is there a facility fee?
  • What is the cash rate per visit at an independent clinic?

Hospitals in San Francisco, CA without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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