CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (45 minutes)

Facility: Brookings Health System

Billing Code: 90834 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$206

about 1.1× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $145–$285

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $206 Cash price $130 Hospital's list price $260

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.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser 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	$215	119%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$287	158%
Humanamajor	$234	129%
Medica	$102 - $190	56%
Sanford Health Plan	$247	136%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$234

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 130), 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 Brookings Health System 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

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