CMS Price Transparency Data

Speech therapy (language evaluation)

Facility: Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 92507 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$137

about 1.8× the $76 Medicare rate · typically $85–$151

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$118

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $19 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $76 Fair price $137 This hospital $118 Cash price $385 Hospital's list price $593

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How this hospital compares to other IN hospitals

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

Cheapest $48 Priciest $118

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IN 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 Speech therapy (language evaluation) is about $137 (about 1.8× the $76 Medicare rate). Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $118, or about $385 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Mishawaka, IN.

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	$61 - $378	80%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$61 - $186	80%
Aetnamajor	$61 - $385	80%
Cignamajor	$380	499%
CareSource	$115	151%
GEHA	$378	496%
Health Net	$380 - $439	499%
HealthPartners	$380	499%
Medical Mutual	$385	506%
Meridian	$74	97%
MVP Health Care	$380	499%
Priority Health	$380	499%
+ 42 smaller / regional plans	$74 - $593

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 385), 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 Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center 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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