CMS Price Transparency Data

Physical therapy (therapeutic exercise)

Facility: Franciscan Health Munster

Billing Code: 97110 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$58

about 2.0× the $29 Medicare rate · typically $31–$118

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$55

About the fair price

about $3 under the fair price · 1.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $29 Fair price $58 This hospital $55 Cash price $41 Hospital's list price $193

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other IN hospitals

Highest price of the 9 IN hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $24 Priciest $55

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IN hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Physical therapy (therapeutic exercise) is about $58 (about 2.0× the $29 Medicare rate). Franciscan Health Munster charges insurers about $55, or about $41 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Munster, IN.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$185 - $203	637%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$55 - $145	189%
Aetnamajor	$55	189%
Cignamajor	$82 - $132	282%
UniCare	$55	189%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$55 - $203

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 41), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 97110.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Franciscan Health Munster is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 97110.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

Enter your details and press estimate to compare.

Other Procedures at Franciscan Health Munster

Compare: Physical therapy (therapeutic exercise) at other IN hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.