CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychotherapy session (60 minutes)

Facility: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor

Billing Code: 90837 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$144

about 0.8× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $103–$344

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$113

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $31 under the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $144 This hospital $113 Cash price $201 Hospital's list price $334

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 TX hospitals compared.

Cheapest $70 Priciest $128

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 (60 minutes) is about $144 (about 0.8× the $181 Medicare rate). Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor charges insurers about $113, or about $201 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Taylor, 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	$165	91%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$74 - $187	41%
Aetnamajor	$184	101%
Cignamajor	$172 - $202	95%
Humanamajor	$113 - $234	62%
Baylor Scott & White	$67 - $143	37%
Cigna HealthSpring	$74	41%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$74 - $267

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

Excludes 7 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 201), 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: 90837.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90837.
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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