RateScore · NPI 1164571527

Merritt Arthur Pember

ortho · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

536
/ 850  ·  300-850 vs the LOCAL peer median; target = local P90  ·  Local · metro
Weak: meaningfully below local peers
43.0% local percentile  ·  high peer-sample confidence
Scored as of August 18, 2026
45published rate records
4payers scored
24scoreable contract cells
18sanitized records

Cigna is the worst-paying contract we can score for Merritt Arthur Pember. 90.2% 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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.

PayerCodesBasisYour medianLocal peer medianGapRateScore
Cigna 11 Local $22.73 $49.74 −$27.01 354
UnitedHealthcare 1 Local $75.68 $96.75 −$21.07 433
Aetna 3 Local $24.32 $29.01 −$4.69 619
Centene 9 Local $106.32 $96.84 +$9.48 689

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.

PayerCPTBasisYour rateLocal peer medianLocal P90Per-encounter gapPeers
Cigna 73110 Local $26.17 $57.27 $383.00 $356.83 69
Cigna 99215 Local $116.12 $204.70 $439.37 $323.25 648
Cigna 99204 Local $134.31 $183.51 $347.34 $213.03 1011
Centene 62321 Local $108.59 $117.02 $297.26 $188.67 5935
Cigna 99214 Local $113.32 $121.71 $241.12 $127.80 1960
Cigna 20611 Local $68.09 $112.69 $168.88 $100.79 35
UnitedHealthcare 20611 Local $75.68 $96.75 $172.23 $96.55 60
Cigna 73560 Local $21.79 $35.76 $78.94 $57.15 97
Centene 90839 Local $155.99 $155.99 $210.37 $54.38 798
Aetna 73610 Local $20.92 $46.91 $72.43 $51.51 87

What insurers pay nationally for these codes: 99215 · 99204 · 62321 · 99214 · 20611 · 90839 · 73610

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