CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychiatric evaluation (first visit)

Facility: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

Billing Code: 90791 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$184

about 1.0× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $155–$287

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$155

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $29 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $184 This hospital $155 Cash price $342 Hospital's list price $570

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

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

Cheapest $76 Priciest $155

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

A fair price for a Psychiatric evaluation (first visit) is about $184 (about 1.0× the $181 Medicare rate). Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple charges insurers about $155, or about $342 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Temple, TX.

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	$170 - $394	94%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$155 - $319	85%
Aetnamajor	$313	173%
Cignamajor	$293 - $343	162%
Humanamajor	$113 - $399	62%
Baylor Scott & White	$140 - $244	77%
Health Net	$313	173%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$155 - $427

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

Excludes 8 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 342), 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: 90791.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90791.
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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