CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (60 minutes)

Facility: Mercy Medical Center Redding

Billing Code: 90837 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$230

about 1.3× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $160–$470

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$214

About the fair price

about $16 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $230 This hospital $214 Cash price $121 Hospital's list price $238

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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 $214

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 $230 (about 1.3× the $181 Medicare rate). Mercy Medical Center Redding charges insurers about $214, or about $121 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Redding, CA.

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	$204 - $238	112%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$156 - $204	86%
Aetnamajor	$204 - $214	112%
Cignamajor	$190	105%
Humanamajor	$204	112%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$204	112%
Health Net	$204 - $231	112%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$238

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 121), 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 Mercy Medical Center Redding 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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