Speech therapy (language evaluation)
Facility: Peacehealth St John Medical Center
Billing Code: 92507 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $82 compared to the $83 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.99× fair market pricing.
A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 WA hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 WA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a Speech therapy (language evaluation) is about $83 (about 1.1× the $76 Medicare rate). Peacehealth St John Medical Center charges insurers about $82, or about $280 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Longview, WA.
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
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 | $82 - $558 | 108% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $79 - $451 | 104% |
| Aetnamajor | $86 | 113% |
| Humanamajor | $86 | 113% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $82 | 108% |
| Devoted Health | $82 | 108% |
| Health Net | $86 | 113% |
| Moda Health | $78 | 102% |
| Molina | $31 - $84 | 41% |
| WellCare | $86 | 113% |
| + 2 smaller / regional plans | $61 - $82 |
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Other Procedures at Peacehealth St John Medical Center
Compare: Speech therapy (language evaluation) at other WA hospitals
- Seattle Children's Hospital · Seattle $48
- Skagit Valley Hospital · Mount Vernon $62
- Astria Toppenish Hospital · Toppenish $78
- Deaconess Medical Center · Spokane $81
- Multicare Valley Hospital · Spokane Valley $81
- Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital · Puyallup $84
- Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital · Tacoma $84
- Mary Bridge Children's Hospital · Tacoma $84
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
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Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $156
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $156).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($280) Beats Your Bill
Peacehealth St John Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $280 (vs. $82 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $83 Fair BaseRate ($76 Medicare)
Your bill ($431) is $348 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($83) and 5.7× the $76 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.