CMS Price Transparency Data

Speech therapy (language evaluation)

Facility: Children's Hosp of Los Angeles

Billing Code: 92507 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$93

about 1.2× the $76 Medicare rate · typically $30–$186

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$43

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $50 under the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $76 Fair price $93 This hospital $43 Cash price $51 Hospital's list price $51

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other CA hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $39 Priciest $61

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

A fair price for a Speech therapy (language evaluation) is about $93 (about 1.2× the $76 Medicare rate). Children's Hosp of Los Angeles charges insurers about $43, or about $51 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Los Angeles, 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	$12 - $202	16%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$12 - $448	16%
Aetnamajor	$12 - $39	16%
Cignamajor	$11 - $33	14%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$11 - $40	14%
Health Net	$9 - $173	12%
Molina	$8 - $71	11%
Presbyterian	$23 - $71	30%
Sentara	$23 - $71	30%
+ 114 smaller / regional plans	$8 - $251

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 3 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 51), 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: 92507.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Children's Hosp of Los Angeles is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 92507.
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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Other Procedures at Children's Hosp of Los Angeles

Compare: Speech therapy (language evaluation) at other CA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.