Chad Touchette, LMFT-S
Marriage & Family Therapist · Houston, TX 77054 · NPI 1639426356 · 1 payer file
78%of Medicare
Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) pays Chad Touchette, LMFT-S $75.53 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 50 contract rows for this clinician and code, from $55.30 to $95.04; the median is shown.
Negotiated rates vs Medicare
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston marriage & family therapists, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $75.53median of 50 rows · $55.30–$95.04 | $96.33 | 78% | above 94% of 144 Houston marriage & family therapists on this plan |
| 99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $106.56median of 60 rows · $81.21–$137.50 | $137.41 | 78% | above 94% of 144 Houston marriage & family therapists on this plan |
Also contracted — outside this specialty’s usual billing
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston marriage & family therapists, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90833Psychotherapy, 30 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $76.20median of 36 rows · $58.73–$89.65 | $82.68 | 92% | not typically billed by marriage & family therapists |
| 90838Psychotherapy, 60 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $121.25median of 24 rows · $102.01–$149.26 | $138.62 | 87% | not typically billed by marriage & family therapists |
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 Chad Touchette, LMFT-S performs these services, and they are kept out of the benchmark above.