Physical therapy (therapeutic exercise) cost in OK
What a physical therapy (therapeutic exercise) costs at OK hospitals — and the fair price to aim for.
Typical commercial prices here are +17% above the fair benchmark (1.17×) 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
McCurtain Memorial Hospital prices routine shoppable procedures near 1.0× Medicare (p50 0.79×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 1.3× Medicare (p75 1.32×, +67% 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 6% below peer Fair BaseRate (0.94×)
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 42% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- 4-Star CMS clinical rating with 55% patient recommendation (66/100 safety score)
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (21.0% AGB cap)
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Even at low-cost facilities (1.17× 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 (1.4×) & laboratory (1.3×) services average 1.30× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (1.0×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.32×) jump +67% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 0.79×)
- Unnegotiated chargemaster list prices average 5.6× Medicare (17¢ true HCRIS cost per $1 gross)
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, OK hospitals charge about the fair price for this. how we calculate the BaseRate →
Compared with the rest of the country, OK’s fair BaseRate ($44) is above the national fair price of $38.
Cheapest OK hospitals for a physical therapy (therapeutic exercise)
- McCurtain Memorial Hospital · Idabel $19
- J D McCarty Center for Children · Norman $26
- Mercy Hospital Watonga, Inc · Watonga $26
- Mercy Hospital Kingfisher, Inc · Kingfisher $26
- Wagoner Community Hospital · Wagoner $26
- Mercy Hospital Marietta · Marietta $26
- Mercy Hospital Healdton, Inc. · Healdton $26
- Elkview General Hospital · Hobart $26
- Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc · Oklahoma City $27
- Mercy Hospital Ardmore, Inc · Ardmore $27
- Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC · Oklahoma City $27
- Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLC · Oklahoma City $27
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Tulsa · Tulsa $28
- Integris Southwest Medical Center · Oklahoma City $28
- Integris Grove Hospital · Grove $28
Audit a Bill or Quote at OK Hospital Benchmark (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $36
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 = $36).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask OK 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 $44 Fair BaseRate ($26 Medicare)
Your bill ($98) is $54 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($44) and 3.8× the $26 Medicare rate.