CMS Price Transparency Data

Family therapy session

Facility: Seattle Children's Hospital

Billing Code: 90847 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$230

about 1.3× the $181 Medicare rate · typically $108–$282

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$215

About the fair price

about $15 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $181 Fair price $230 This hospital $215 Cash price $521 Hospital's list price $521

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How this hospital compares to other WA hospitals

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

Cheapest $78 Priciest $215

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

A fair price for a Family therapy session is about $230 (about 1.3× the $181 Medicare rate). Seattle Children's Hospital charges insurers about $215, or about $521 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Seattle, WA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 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	$82 - $458	45%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$78 - $432	43%
Aetnamajor	$215 - $500	119%
Cignamajor	$239 - $443	132%
Humanamajor	$417 - $495	230%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$78 - $391	43%
Medical Mutual	$417 - $495	230%
Moda Health	$215 - $495	119%
Molina	$78 - $391	43%
PacificSource	$500	276%
Providence Health Plan	$215 - $443	119%
SelectHealth	$417 - $495	230%
Tufts Health Plan	$240 - $443	132%
+ 61 smaller / regional plans	$75 - $500

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 3 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 521), 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: 90847.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Seattle Children's Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 90847.
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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Other Procedures at Seattle Children's Hospital

Compare: Family therapy session at other WA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.