CMS Price Transparency Data

Group therapy session

Facility: Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Billing Code: 90853 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$95

about 0.9× the $104 Medicare rate · typically $70–$110

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$99

About the fair price

about $4 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $104 Fair price $95 This hospital $99 Cash price $189 Hospital's list price $601

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

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

Cheapest $16 Priciest $99

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

A fair price for a Group therapy session is about $95 (about 0.9× the $104 Medicare rate). Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center charges insurers about $99, or about $189 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Enola, PA.

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	$99 - $375	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$84 - $424	81%
Aetnamajor	$100 - $361	96%
Cignamajor	$369	356%
Humanamajor	$100	96%
AmeriHealth	$84 - $99	81%
Cigna HealthSpring	$100	96%
Geisinger	$89 - $401	86%
HealthPartners	$92 - $101	89%
UPMC Health Plan	$101 - $444	97%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$93 - $124

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 189), 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: 90853.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90853.
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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