Becky Okete
Family Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX 77024 · NPI 1558136648 · 1 payer file
76%of Medicare
Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) pays Becky Okete $72.92 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 60 contract rows for this clinician and code, from $52.94 to $111.13; the median is shown.
Negotiated rates vs Medicare
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston family nurse practitioners, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $72.92median of 60 rows · $52.94–$111.13 | $96.33 | 76% | above 65% of 1,439 Houston family nurse practitioners on this plan |
| 99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $110.28median of 48 rows · $77.99–$156.71 | $137.41 | 80% | above 66% of 1,443 Houston family nurse practitioners on this plan |
Also contracted — outside this specialty’s usual billing
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston family nurse practitioners, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90833Psychotherapy, 30 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $68.66median of 36 rows · $56.99–$85.56 | $82.68 | 83% | not typically billed by family nurse practitioners |
| 90838Psychotherapy, 60 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $116.91median of 24 rows · $97.35–$145.27 | $138.62 | 84% | not typically billed by family 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 Becky Okete performs these services, and they are kept out of the benchmark above.