RateScore · NPI 1164501797

Kelly W Stephenson

ortho · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

573
/ 850  ·  300–850 vs the local peer median  ·  target the local P90
Weak — meaningfully below local peers
49.6% local percentile  ·  high peer-sample confidence
Scored as of July 19, 2026
36published rate records
3payers scored
12scoreable contract cells
3sanitized records

UnitedHealthcare is the worst-paying contract we can score for Kelly W Stephenson — 52.4% of local peers, paid by the same payer for the same codes in the same metro, are paid more. That is the payer's pricing decision, not a reflection on this provider.

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Position by payer

Your median contracted rate vs the local peer median, per payer, for every payer we can score in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Where a Blue Cross entity's label carries a state, that state names the file we found the rate in, not this practice's location — Blue Cross plans file separately per state and do not share rates, even for the same provider.

PayerCodesYour medianLocal peer medianGapRateScore
UnitedHealthcare 2 $970.49 $972.80 −$2.31 562
Cigna 9 $99.04 $99.04 $0.00 579
Aetna 1 $91.81 $64.73 +$27.08 732

Documented reimbursement opportunity

The largest per-encounter gaps to the local P90 target, code by code. Modeled from published rates, not guaranteed — per encounter, not annualized.

PayerCPTYour rateLocal medianLocal P90Per-encounter gapPeers
Cigna 27447 $1,803.02 $1,803.02 $2,542.03 $739.01 30
UnitedHealthcare 27447 $1,857.04 $1,861.28 $2,339.67 $482.63 46
Cigna 73502 $31.44 $47.23 $141.34 $109.90 113
Cigna 73564 $30.12 $48.52 $138.80 $108.68 58
Cigna 99223 $264.60 $264.60 $362.43 $97.83 594
Cigna 99204 $169.40 $169.40 $265.55 $96.15 861
Cigna 99203 $99.04 $99.04 $173.82 $74.78 547
Cigna 20610 $81.76 $74.34 $115.14 $33.38 102
Cigna 99214 $141.83 $139.27 $172.35 $30.52 1601
UnitedHealthcare 20610 $83.94 $84.32 $105.75 $21.81 203

What insurers pay nationally for these codes: 27447 · 99204 · 99203 · 20610 · 99214

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