Elizabeth Steele, LCSW-S, RPT-S
Clinical Social Worker · Houston, TX 77079 · NPI 1083813935 · 1 payer file
72%of Medicare
Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) pays Elizabeth Steele, LCSW-S, RPT-S $69.36 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 10 contract rows for this clinician and code, from $55.30 to $81.60; the median is shown.
Negotiated rates vs Medicare
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston clinical social workers, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $69.36median of 10 rows · $55.30–$81.60 | $96.33 | 72% | above 25% of 780 Houston clinical social workers on this plan |
| 99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $100.61median of 10 rows · $81.21–$118.37 | $137.41 | 73% | above 40% of 783 Houston clinical social workers on this plan |
Also contracted — outside this specialty’s usual billing
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston clinical social workers, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90833Psychotherapy, 30 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $66.56median of 6 rows · $58.73–$78.30 | $82.68 | 81% | not typically billed by clinical social workers |
| 90838Psychotherapy, 60 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $115.61median of 6 rows · $102.01–$136.02 | $138.62 | 83% | not typically billed by clinical social workers |
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 Elizabeth Steele, LCSW-S, RPT-S performs these services, and they are kept out of the benchmark above.