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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040315200856
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001283570-04-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040205
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040315

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WILLIAMS JOHN ANTHONY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001283570

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27956
		FILM NUMBER:		04671019

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 BILLERICA PARK
		STREET 2:		101 BILLERICA AVE
		CITY:			NORTH BILLERCA
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01862

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PHYSIOMETRIX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001010397
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				770238187
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FIVE BILLERICA PARK
		STREET 2:		101 BILLERICA AVE
		CITY:			NORTH BILLERICA
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01862
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5086702422

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FIVE BILLERICA PARK
		STREET 2:		101 BILLERICA AVE
		CITY:			NORTH BILLERICA
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01862
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-02-05</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001010397</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PHYSIOMETRIX INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PHYX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001283570</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WILLIAMS JOHN ANTHONY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>5 BILLERICA PARK</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>101 BILLERICA AVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NORTH BILLERCA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01862</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.45</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-02-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>100000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2004-02-05</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-02-05</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>100000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>100000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Option to purchase Common Stock (right to buy).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">One eighth (1/8th) of the shares are exercisable after six (6) months from February 5, 2004 and an additional one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the shares are exercisable on the same day of each calendar month thereafter until all the shares are fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Excludes various option grants to Reporting Person previously reported.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>JOHN ANTHONY WILLIAMS</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-03-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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