CMS Price Transparency Data

Psychiatric evaluation (first visit)

Facility: Voyages Behavioral Health of Sugar Land

Billing Code: 90791 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$231

about 1.3× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $123–$309

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$250

About the fair price

about $19 over the fair price · 1.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $231 This hospital $250 Cash price $700 Hospital's list price $700

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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 $250

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 $231 (about 1.3× the $181 Medicare rate). Voyages Behavioral Health of Sugar Land charges insurers about $250, or about $700 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Sugar Land, 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	$250 - $390	138%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$125 - $450	69%
Aetnamajor	$250 - $430	138%
Cignamajor	$245 - $416	135%
Humanamajor	$358 - $395	197%
Molina	$125 - $225	69%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$125 - $450

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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 700), 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 Voyages Behavioral Health of Sugar Land 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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