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Peter Chen, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Houston, TX 77030 · NPI 1902070428

95%of Medicare

BCBSTX pays Peter Chen, M.D. $91.45 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

ServiceBCBSTXMedicare% of MedicareAmong Houston thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physicians
99213Office visit, established patient, low complexity$91.45$96.3395%

above 80% of 100 Houston thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physicians

99214Office visit, established patient, moderate complexity$133.97$137.4197%

above 67% of 100 Houston thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physicians

Source. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas machine-readable file, June 2026, joined to the national provider registry by NPI. Rates are the negotiated professional amounts — not billed charges, and not what a member owes after cost sharing.

Medicare. Non-facility allowed amount, HOUSTON, Texas, Locality 18, CY2026 non-QP conversion factor, computed from RVUs and the locality’s geographic indices — not looked up from a table.

Position. Percentile of this rate among Houston clinicians in the same specialty holding a rate for the same code; falls back to all Houston clinicians where the specialty cohort is under ten.

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