CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (60 minutes)

Facility: Adventist Health St Helena

Billing Code: 90837 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$277

about 1.5× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $155–$593

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$236

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $41 under the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $277 This hospital $236 Cash price $248 Hospital's list price $1,652

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $98 Priciest $236

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Psychotherapy session (60 minutes) is about $277 (about 1.5× the $181 Medicare rate). Adventist Health St Helena charges insurers about $236, or about $248 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Saint Helena, CA.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$236 - $1,053	130%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$236 - $1,217	130%
Aetnamajor	$859	474%
Cignamajor	$1,322	729%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$236 - $1,355	130%
Health Net	$1,013	559%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$236 - $1,404

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (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 248), 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: 90837.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Adventist Health St Helena is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90837.
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.

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