CMS Price Transparency Data

Group therapy session

Facility: Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

Billing Code: 90853 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$122

about 1.2× the $104 Medicare rate · typically $41–$129

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $104 Fair price $122 Cash price $343 Hospital's list price $457

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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.

6 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	$127 - $364	122%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$29 - $446	28%
Aetnamajor	$39 - $386	38%
Cignamajor	$64 - $373	62%
Humanamajor	$298 - $413	287%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$218 - $373	210%
Health Net	$29 - $446	28%
Molina	$29 - $410	28%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$29 - $1,256

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 2 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 343), 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: 90853.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90853.
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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