RC 961

Psychotherapy session with patient, 30 minutes at Sharp Memorial Hospital

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

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HC ER PSYCH EVAL DIAG

San Diego, CA

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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $770 is 455% above the median hospital's median price ($139), higher than 98% of the 212 hospitals reporting RC 961. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting RC 961 at Sharp Memorial Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 15 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$150	$150	—	—	—	$150 – $150
2	Aetna aetna - hmo/pos percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$550	$550	—	—	—	$550 – $550
3	Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$643	$643	$78	12%	—	$565 – $720
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$700	$700	$100	14%	—	$600 – $800
5	Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$750	$750	—	—	—	$750 – $750
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$750	$750	—	—	—	$750 – $750
7	Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$770	$770	—	—	—	$770 – $770
8	Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$820	$820	—	—	—	$820 – $820
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$953	$953	$203	21%	—	$750 – $1.2k
10	Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.0k	$1.0k	—	—	—	$1.0k – $1.0k
11	Molina molina - cal medi-connect percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1.0k	$1.0k	$325	32%	—	$700 – $1.4k
12	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
13	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
15	Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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