CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (45 minutes)

Facility: Baptist Medical Center South

Billing Code: 90834 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$168

about 0.9× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $166–$178

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $168 Cash price $82 Hospital's list price $137

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What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$121 - $163	67%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$148 - $256	82%
Aetnamajor	$129	71%
Cignamajor	$131	72%
Humanamajor	$155	85%
Ambetter (Centene)	$207	114%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$103 - $540

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 82), 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: 90834.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baptist Medical Center South is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90834.
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

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