What Physical Therapy Costs at Physio+: Insurance, Cash Pay, HSA, and Real Numbers
In short
Physio+ in Lindale and Tyler works with most major commercial insurance plans, runs transparent cash pricing for services insurance rarely covers, accepts HSA and FSA cards including for cash pay visits, and issues superbills for out of network reimbursement. Every patient starts with the initial evaluation. Call or text 903.492.5215 and we verify your exact benefits the same day.
Simple version: you start with the initial evaluation, we verify your benefits before your first visit, and you approve the plan, including the visit estimate, before treatment begins. No surprise bills, no open ended visit schedules, no mystery codes on a statement six weeks later.
Where your plan covers a service, we bill your plan. Where it does not, you see the cash price before you say yes. We work with most major commercial insurance plans, and networks change often enough that a list on a web page would go stale. So we do it the reliable way: call or text 903.492.5215 and we verify your exact benefits the same day, including your copay, your deductible position, and any visit limits.
That verification call takes about five minutes of your time. Have your member ID and date of birth ready, we sit through the plan phone trees, and you get back a plain English summary: what the evaluation costs you, what a typical visit costs you, whether dry needling is covered on your plan, and where your deductible stands.
The initial evaluation is the fixed front door for everyone, insured or not: sixty minutes with a doctor of physical therapy, a working diagnosis, your first treatment, and a written plan. And because Texas is a direct access state, you can book it without a referral.
02Coverage map
What insurance typically covers (and what runs cash)
Cash rates for every service are published above. Membership pricing for Rehab Coaching and Physio+ Adjustments is published in full on the memberships page. To verify your exact insurance benefits, call or text 903.492.5215 and we check them the same day.
Published rates
What it costs if you pay cash.
A new patient evaluation is $195 and a follow up visit is $180. Those are the two numbers most people are actually asking about, so they are published rather than quoted on a call.
Most clinics will not put this on a website. The reason is usually that the number changes depending on who is asking. Ours does not. If you are paying cash, this is the rate, and you will know the full cost of your plan before you agree to it.
Visit or service
Cash rate
What it is
Initial evaluation
$195
One on one with a doctor of physical therapy: exam, working diagnosis, written plan, and treatment the same day.
Follow up visit
$180
One on one treatment and progression of your plan.
Rates are for cash pay. If you are using insurance, your cost depends on your deductible, copay, and coinsurance, and we verify all three before your first visit. HSA and FSA cards are accepted for everything on this table.
If you come in regularly for adjustments, the membership is the cheaper path by a wide margin. Four adjustments at the single session rate is $320. On the adjustment membership the same four visits are $129. The memberships page has the full ladder for both plans.
03Tax advantaged
Can I use my HSA or FSA?
Yes. Physical therapy is a qualified medical expense, and that includes cash pay visits, copays, and deductible payments, not just insurance billed care. We run HSA and FSA cards at the front desk like any other card.
The honest edge cases: cryotherapy and massage usually need a letter of medical necessity from a provider to qualify as HSA or FSA expenses. When those services are part of your plan of care, we can provide that documentation. Keep your receipts either way. Every Physio+ receipt is itemized for exactly this reason.
04Out of network
Out of network? Ask for a superbill.
If we are not in your plan's network, you pay the cash rate and we issue a superbill: an itemized receipt with the diagnosis and procedure codes your insurer needs. You submit it, and your plan reimburses you directly according to your out of network benefits.
We walk you through the submission the first time, and we can tell you before your first visit what your out of network benefits look like, because we check those in the same benefits call. Some plans reimburse a meaningful share, some reimburse little. You will know which yours is before you spend anything beyond the evaluation. Superbills also double as itemized receipts for HSA and FSA recordkeeping, so keep every one.
05Honest ranges
How many visits will I actually need? (Honest ranges.)
The typical Physio+ arc is 10 to 12 visits. Recent, simple sprains and strains often resolve in 4 to 8. Mechanical back and neck pain usually runs 6 to 12. Post surgical and long standing problems can run 12 to 24 across two to four months.
Those are ranges, not quotas. You get a written visit estimate at the initial evaluation, we retest measurable baselines as we go, and the plan shortens when you beat it. Here is what that looks like in practice: a straightforward ankle sprain might carry an estimate of six visits across four weeks. If the week two retest beats target, we cut visits. When the retests say you are ready, we discharge you to a home program instead of finding reasons to keep you on the schedule.
We will not schedule visits you don't need. No standing three times a week forever appointments, no stretching a discharge because a calendar has open slots. That policy costs us revenue and it is why patients send us their families.
06The objection
Can't I just do YouTube exercises at home?
You can, and exercises are free on the internet. What you are paying for is the diagnosis that picks the right five exercises out of five thousand, the dosage that makes them work, and the retesting that progresses them week to week.
Here is the test we would apply to our own money: if generic exercises were going to fix your problem, the weeks you have already spent on them would have done it. When they have not, the missing ingredient is almost never effort. It is a wrong target, a wrong dose, or a diagnosis that was never actually made. A full evaluation settles which one, and if home exercise really is all you need, we write you the program and send you home with it.
07Questions we get
Frequently asked about cost and coverage.
What if my insurance visits run out before I'm better?
We plan for the cap from visit one, front load the highest value work, and build your home program early so a visit limit is not a cliff. If you still need care past the cap, we move you to transparent cash pricing or a membership, and nothing about your plan changes except who pays.
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Does Medicare cover physical therapy?
Yes. Medicare covers medically necessary physical therapy with no hard annual cap, though documentation requirements rise past a spending threshold. One quirk: Medicare requires a physician signature on your plan of care, so we can evaluate you directly and then coordinate that signature for you. Call or text 903.492.5215 and we confirm your exact situation.
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Is cash pay ever cheaper than using insurance?
Sometimes, yes. If you have a high deductible you are unlikely to meet, a per visit cash rate can beat the negotiated rate your plan passes through to you. We run both numbers for you before your first visit and tell you which path costs less. That is part of the same day benefits check.
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Can I use my HSA or FSA for physical therapy?
Yes. Physical therapy is a qualified medical expense, and that includes cash pay visits, copays, and deductible payments. We run HSA and FSA cards at the front desk like any other card. Cryotherapy and massage may require a letter of medical necessity to qualify, and we can provide documentation when they are part of your plan of care.
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Know before you book
One call settles the money question.
Call or text 903.492.5215 with your insurance card in hand. We verify your exact benefits the same day, then you book the initial evaluation knowing the numbers.