Physiotherapy is the one health service in Singapore where nobody runs a $29 trial — and that is the first thing worth understanding. Where chiropractors compete on cheap first visits, physio clinics mostly refuse to publish any price at all: of the nine practices we checked, five would not put a number on their own website. The five that do are startlingly consistent. Core Concepts charges a flat $207.10 including GST for both your first session and every follow-up, with dry needling, shockwave, VALD testing and real-time ultrasound imaging bundled in at no extra charge. Edge Healthcare lists $185 before GST with a senior physiotherapist at $200, and packages at $1,650. heal360 is $180 before GST, plus $60 if you want the Principal Physiotherapist. Physio & Sole Clinic starts at $210 before GST across 11 branches. Apex Sports Clinic is $212.55 for 45 minutes, or $272.50 if the physiotherapist comes to you. And then there is the number almost nobody in the private market mentions: NTUC Health runs community rehabilitation from $0 to $179.85 a session across 23 centres, means-tested through MOH's National Means Testing System — which for a lot of households is the difference between finishing a rehab programme and abandoning it after three visits. One more thing you can do here that you cannot do with a chiropractor: physiotherapists ARE registered under the Allied Health Professions Act, so you can look up any physio by name on the government register before you book.
Singapore's physiotherapy market has a quirk you notice the moment you start calling around: almost nobody will tell you the price.
We checked nine practices for this guide. Five publish a rate. Four say "on enquiry." That is the opposite of the chiropractic market, where every clinic leads with a $29, $50 or $99 first visit and the competition happens in public. Physiotherapy has no trial pricing culture at all — and the two genuine discounts we could verify anywhere are membership perks, not new-patient offers.
The five that do publish are remarkably consistent. heal360 is $180 before GST. Edge Healthcare is $185 before GST. Core Concepts is $207.10 including GST. Physio & Sole Clinic starts at $210 before GST. Apex Sports Clinic is $212.55 including GST. Adjust them all to the same GST basis and the entire private market sits inside a band of roughly $30.
Which means the useful questions are not "who is cheapest" but: how long is a follow-up session, what modalities are bundled into that price, and — the one most people never ask — do you qualify for the subsidised route instead.
That last one is worth real money. NTUC Health runs community rehabilitation across 23 centres at $0 to $179.85 a session, means-tested through MOH's National Means Testing System. For a household at the top subsidy tier, a full rehab programme that would cost $1,200 privately can cost close to nothing. The catch is a single administrative step: you need a referral, because self-referrals do not qualify.
Below, the verified published price for every clinic, what each one includes, where they are and what each is genuinely best at — plus how to look up any physiotherapist in Singapore on the government register before you hand over a cent.
Check your physiotherapist on the government register — it takes 30 seconds
This is the single most useful thing on this page, and it is free. Physiotherapists in Singapore are registered under the Allied Health Professions Act. Every practising physiotherapist must hold a valid Practising Certificate issued by the Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC), and the register of everyone who holds one is public.
Search the name on the Professional Registration System at prs.moh.gov.sg (the AHPC search) before your first appointment. If the person treating you is not on it, they are not a registered physiotherapist — whatever the clinic's website calls them.
This matters more than it sounds, because "physiotherapy" as a word gets used loosely in marketing by practices whose staff are not registered physiotherapists. It is also the clearest practical difference between booking a physiotherapist and booking a chiropractor: chiropractors are not registered under the Act, so there is no equivalent government list to check.
How to read a physiotherapy quote in Singapore
Ask whether the price includes GST. This is the biggest single source of confusion. Core Concepts and Apex quote GST-inclusive. Edge, heal360 and Physio & Sole quote before GST. A "$180" and a "$207.10" that look $27 apart are really about $11 apart once you add 9% to the first one.
Ask how long a follow-up is. Some clinics run 45 minutes throughout; others drop to 30 minutes after the initial consultation. Same headline price, two-thirds of the time.
Ask what is bundled. Shockwave therapy is charged at $200 a site at one clinic on this list and included in the session price at another. Dry needling is $80 extra at one and free at another. If your treatment plan needs those, they can swing the real cost of a course by hundreds of dollars.
Ask for the cost of the whole course, not the session. Physiotherapy is rarely one visit. Six sessions at $207.10 is $1,242.60. That is the number to plan around.
Check your insurance and your employer before you pay cash. Many Integrated Shield riders and corporate health plans cover outpatient physiotherapy with a doctor's referral, and several clinics bill insurers directly. Flexi-MediSave lets Singapore Citizens aged 60 and above use up to $400 a year for approved outpatient treatments at polyclinics and public hospital specialist outpatient clinics, which can reduce the cash portion where physiotherapy is doctor-ordered — each MediSave claim carries a 15% cash co-payment. Rules are specific, so confirm with the provider rather than assuming.
Private or subsidised — which one is actually right for you
Go subsidised (NTUC Health, polyclinic, public hospital rehab) if your programme will run for months, if the injury came from a stroke, fall, fracture or surgery, or if the cash cost is the thing that would make you stop going. Get the referral first — self-referrals lose the subsidy. Expect waits of weeks to months and shorter sessions.
Go private if you need to be seen this week, if you want the same therapist every session, if you need evening or weekend slots, or if the problem is sports-specific and you want assessment technology and hands-on time. Expect $180–$213 a session before you add anything.
There is no shame in mixing them: plenty of people pay privately for a fast assessment and a plan, then do the long grind of rehab through the subsidised system.
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*All prices and opening hours were taken from each clinic's own website or published fee page on 7 August 2026. Fees change without notice and treatment costs depend on your condition — confirm the current price directly with the clinic before booking. This article is general information, not medical advice.*