CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (45 minutes)

Facility: Good Samaritan Hospital

Billing Code: 90834 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$196

about 1.1× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $78–$284

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$71

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $125 under the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $196 This hospital $71 Cash price $1,736 Hospital's list price $1,736

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other CA hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $67 Priciest $96

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Psychotherapy session (45 minutes) is about $196 (about 1.1× the $181 Medicare rate). Good Samaritan Hospital charges insurers about $71, or about $1,736 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in San Jose, 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✓ 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	$443	244%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$74 - $515	41%
Aetnamajor	$361 - $368	199%
Cignamajor	$403 - $429	222%
Humanamajor	$1,215	670%
Bright Health	$349	192%
Health Net	$404 - $1,042	223%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$67 - $1,389

Excludes 4 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 1,736), 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 Good Samaritan Hospital 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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