CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (45 minutes)

Facility: HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast

Billing Code: 90834 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$159

about 0.9× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $101–$268

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$300

Well above the fair price

about $141 over the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $159 This hospital $300 Cash price $689 Hospital's list price $689

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

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

Cheapest $46 Priciest $300

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

A fair price for a Psychotherapy session (45 minutes) is about $159 (about 0.9× the $181 Medicare rate). HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast charges insurers about $300, or about $689 in cash — well above the fair price. Located in Pasadena, TX.

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 $159. 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.

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	$127 - $336	70%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$122 - $261	67%
Aetnamajor	$167 - $323	92%
Cignamajor	$93 - $597	51%
Humanamajor	$33	18%
Amerigroup	$88 - $104	49%
Fidelis Care	$284 - $336	157%
Healthcare Highways	$161 - $190	89%
Oscar Health	$123 - $145	68%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$82 - $634

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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 689), 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 HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast 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

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