CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (45 minutes)

Facility: Livingston Healthcare

Billing Code: 90834 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$110

about 0.6× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $78–$205

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$134

Above the fair price

about $24 over the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $110 This hospital $134 Cash price $152 Hospital's list price $160

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other MT hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other MT hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $126 Priciest $242

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

A fair price for a Psychotherapy session (45 minutes) is about $110 (about 0.6× the $181 Medicare rate). Livingston Healthcare charges insurers about $134, or about $152 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Livingston, MT.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $110. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

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	$49 - $242	27%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$49 - $241	27%
Aetnamajor	$89 - $247	49%
Humanamajor	$49 - $129	27%
PacificSource	$55 - $224	30%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$87 - $250

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 152), 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: 90834.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Livingston Healthcare is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90834.
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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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