CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (60 minutes)

Facility: Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford

Billing Code: 90837 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$322

about 1.8× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $181–$470

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $322 Hospital's list price $632

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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.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$316 - $538	174%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$171 - $632	94%
Aetnamajor	$620	342%
Cignamajor	$471	260%

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, 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 Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanford 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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