CMS Price Transparency Data

Neurobehavioral status check

Facility: Cambridge Health Alliance

Billing Code: 96116 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$309

about 1.4× the $221 Medicare rate · typically $95–$505

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $221 Fair price $309 Cash price $257 Hospital's list price $257

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$203 - $727	92%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$130 - $589	59%
Aetnamajor	$99 - $313	45%
Cignamajor	$200 - $1,615	91%
Humanamajor	$200 - $313	91%
Medical Mutual	$200 - $313	91%
Tufts Health Plan	$554 - $802	251%
+ 32 smaller / regional plans	$127 - $727

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Military & VA.

Excludes 2 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 257), 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: 96116.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Cambridge Health Alliance is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 96116.
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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