CMS Price Transparency Data

Family therapy session

Facility: Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids

Billing Code: 90847 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$156

about 0.9× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $125–$163

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$170

About the fair price

about $14 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $156 This hospital $170 Cash price $143 Hospital's list price $238

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 IA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $75 Priciest $170

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

A fair price for a Family therapy session is about $156 (about 0.9× the $181 Medicare rate). Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids charges insurers about $170, or about $143 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Cedar Rapids, IA.

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✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$105 - $253	58%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$124 - $188	68%
Aetnamajor	$118 - $197	65%
Humanamajor	$104 - $187	57%
Amerigroup	$18 - $166	10%
HealthPartners	$114 - $124	63%
Molina	$105 - $253	58%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$18 - $195

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 143), 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: 90847.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90847.
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 Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids

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