Joan Passley, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Houston, TX 77030 · NPI 1821262387 · 1 payer file
64%of Medicare
Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) pays Joan Passley, CRNA $61.38 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 64 contract rows for this clinician and code, from $34.82 to $179.47; the median is shown.
Negotiated rates vs Medicare
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston certified registered nurse anesthetists, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $61.38median of 64 rows · $34.82–$179.47 | $96.33 | 64% | above 2% of 816 Houston certified registered nurse anesthetists on this plan |
| 99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $88.77median of 64 rows · $51.38–$254.09 | $137.41 | 65% | above 1% of 612 Houston certified registered nurse anesthetists on this plan |
Also contracted — outside this specialty’s usual billing
| Service | Payer · plan | Negotiated | Medicare | % of Medicare | Among Houston certified registered nurse anesthetists, same plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90833Psychotherapy, 30 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $74.16median of 64 rows · $46.34–$138.78 | $82.68 | 90% | not typically billed by certified registered nurse anesthetists |
| 90838Psychotherapy, 60 minutes, add-on to an office visit | Aetna — Texas (office visit and psychotherapy codes only) | $132.66median of 24 rows · $110.34–$165.02 | $138.62 | 96% | not typically billed by certified registered nurse anesthetists |
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 Joan Passley, CRNA performs these services, and they are kept out of the benchmark above.