Sean Boutros, MD
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck (Plastic Surgery) Physician · Houston, TX 77055 · NPI 1154319598
54%of Medicare
BCBSTX pays Sean Boutros, MD $51.98 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.
Negotiated rates vs Medicare
| Service | BCBSTX | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston plastic surgery within the head and neck (plastic surgery) physicians |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity | $51.98 | $96.33 | 54% | above 39% of 24,819 all Houston clinicians |
| 99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity | $80.13 | $137.41 | 58% | above 26% of 24,759 all Houston clinicians |
Also contracted — outside this specialty’s usual billing
| Service | BCBSTX | Medicare | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70553MRI brain, with and without contrast | $88.84 | $317.92 | 28% | not typically billed by plastic surgery within the head and neck (plastic surgery) physicians |
| 72148MRI lumbar spine, without contrast | $159.58 | $192.38 | 83% | not typically billed by plastic surgery within the head and neck (plastic surgery) physicians |
| 74177CT abdomen and pelvis, with contrast | $70.74 | $300.72 | 24% | not typically billed by plastic surgery within the head and neck (plastic surgery) physicians |
| 77067Screening mammography, bilateral | $29.61 | $126.38 | 23% | not typically billed by plastic surgery within the head and neck (plastic surgery) physicians |
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 Sean Boutros, MD performs these services, and they are kept out of the benchmark above.