Physical therapy (neuromuscular re-education) cost in ID
What a physical therapy (neuromuscular re-education) costs at ID hospitals — and the fair price to aim for.
Typical commercial prices here are +11% above the fair benchmark (1.11×) even after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center prices routine shoppable procedures near 0.6× Medicare (p50 0.75×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 1.0× Medicare (p75 0.94×, +25% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Elective shoppable care is priced 26% below peer Fair BaseRate (0.74×)
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 8% of shoppable procedures (25/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (68/100 safety score) with 66% patient recommendation
- Binding Good Faith Estimate rights under 45 CFR § 149.610 protect self-pay patients before scheduling
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Even at low-cost facilities (1.11× Fair BaseRate), out-of-network or unnegotiated chargemaster bills can exceed commercial medians — confirm in-network status or request a self-pay cash quote up front.
- Captive ER (1.0×) & laboratory (1.4×) services average 1.67× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (0.6×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 0.94×) jump +25% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 0.75×)
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 4,725) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
In general, ID hospitals charge below the fair price — a good state to get this done. how we calculate the BaseRate →
Compared with the rest of the country, ID’s fair BaseRate ($49) is above the national fair price of $42.
Cheapest ID hospitals for a physical therapy (neuromuscular re-education)
- Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center · Idaho Falls $28
- Teton Valley Hospital · Driggs $29
- Mountain View Hospital · Idaho Falls $31
- Northwest Specialty Hospital · Post Falls $31
- Madison Memorial Hospital · Rexburg $31
- Boundary Community Hospital · Bonners Ferry $31
- West Valley Medical Center · Caldwell $31
- Idaho Falls Community Hospital, LLC · Idaho Falls $31
- Kootenai Health · Coeur D'Alene $32
- Treasure Valley Hospital · Boise $32
- Grove Creek Medical Center · Blackfoot $33
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center · Boise $50
- Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa · Nampa $55
- Bingham Memorial Hospital · Blackfoot $56
- Lost Rivers Medical Center · Arco $60
Audit a Bill or Quote at ID Hospital Benchmark (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $37
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $37).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask ID Hospital Benchmark's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $49 Fair BaseRate ($28 Medicare)
Your bill ($101) is $52 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($49) and 3.6× the $28 Medicare rate.