CMS Price Transparency Data

Occupational therapy (therapeutic activities)

Facility: Parkland Health Center - Bonne Terre

Billing Code: 97530 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$37

about 1.1× the $35 Medicare rate · typically $33–$62

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$35

About the fair price

about $2 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $35 Fair price $37 This hospital $35 Cash price $100 Hospital's list price $166

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

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

Cheapest $30 Priciest $35

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

A fair price for a Occupational therapy (therapeutic activities) is about $37 (about 1.1× the $35 Medicare rate). Parkland Health Center - Bonne Terre charges insurers about $35, or about $100 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Bonne Terre, MO.

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	$112 - $123	319%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$141 - $211	402%
Aetnamajor	$76 - $124	217%
Cignamajor	$103 - $133	294%
Humanamajor	$110	314%
HealthLink	$81 - $125	231%
Medica	$35 - $133	100%
Priority Health	$117	334%
UniCare	$108 - $125	308%
+ 17 smaller / regional plans	$91 - $227

Excludes 6 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 100), 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: 97530.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Parkland Health Center - Bonne Terre is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 97530.
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 Parkland Health Center - Bonne Terre

Compare: Occupational therapy (therapeutic activities) at other MO hospitals

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