Brittany Chaplin
Mental Health Counselor · Houston, TX 77074 · NPI 1073029328 · 1 payer file
73%of Medicare
Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) pays Brittany Chaplin $70.74 for a 99213 — Office visit, established patient, low complexity. Medicare pays $96.33 for the same service in this locality. Commercial insurance is widely assumed to pay above Medicare. The file lists 30 contract rows for this clinician and code, from $56.40 to $83.23; the median is shown.
Negotiated rates vs Medicare
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston mental health counselors, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $70.74median of 30 rows · $56.40–$83.23 | $96.33 | 73% | above 33% of 430 Houston mental health counselors on this plan |
| 99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $102.62median of 30 rows · $82.83–$120.73 | $137.41 | 75% | above 79% of 430 Houston mental health counselors on this plan |
Also contracted — outside this specialty’s usual billing
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston mental health counselors, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90833Psychotherapy, 30 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $67.89median of 18 rows · $59.90–$79.86 | $82.68 | 82% | not typically billed by mental health counselors |
A payer’s file carries a rate for every code in the contract’s fee class, whether or not the clinician will ever bill it. These rows are real, and they are how the fee class shows through — but they are not evidence that Brittany Chaplin performs these services, and they are kept out of the benchmark above.