Glen Lanier, APRN
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX 77004 · NPI 1548917651 · 1 payer file
133%of Medicare
Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) pays Glen Lanier, APRN $127.69 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 12 contract rows for this clinician and code, from $107.85 to $147.53; the median is shown.
Negotiated rates vs Medicare
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston acute care nurse practitioners, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $127.69median of 12 rows · $107.85–$147.53 | $96.33 | 133% | above 86% of 469 Houston acute care nurse practitioners on this plan |
| 99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $183.46median of 8 rows · $158.79–$208.14 | $137.41 | 134% | above 86% of 468 Houston acute care nurse practitioners on this plan |
Also contracted — outside this specialty’s usual billing
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston acute care nurse practitioners, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90833Psychotherapy, 30 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $117.77median of 8 rows · $111.15–$124.39 | $82.68 | 142% | not typically billed by acute care nurse practitioners |
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 Glen Lanier, APRN performs these services, and they are kept out of the benchmark above.