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Starset Rate Compass by Third Horizon

For the first time, commercial reimbursement rates are open to everyone.

Rates for every mental health and substance use disorder service, in one place. These market insights can inform providers in rate negotiations, support advocacy, show where new business can improve access to care, and much more.

$600$1,325MEDIAN$925

Type your contracted per-diem above — the needle finds where you sit among every reported Residential rate in Illinois.

Live preview · Illinois · SUD levels of care · commercial insurance carriers. Illinois is available now. The national data set will be released in Fall 2026.

The platform

Starset Rate Compass by Third Horizon turns new payer transparency data into actionable contracting intelligence for mental health and substance use disorder providers.

For the first time, CCBHCs, CMHCs, SUD facilities, and other in-network or out-of-network behavioral health providers can see how commercial payers reimburse peer organizations in their state and across the country. The platform provides specific views of published contracted rates by payer, service line, level of care, geography, and facility type, with benchmarks against comparable providers, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Built by Third Horizon’s leading behavioral health payment experts, Starset Rate Compass helps providers move from rate opacity to market insight. That intelligence supports smarter contracting, stronger network strategy, commercial revenue diversification, and expanded access to care.

How it works

The rates payers have negotiated, brought into the open. Organized by the levels of care that mental health and substance use disorder programs actually deliver.

Benchmark

See what each carrier pays

For every insurance carrier in a market, see the most common rate, the middle rate, and the highest rate that the carrier's published files show.

Compare

Compare against public rates

Put a commercial rate next to Medicare and Medicaid for the same service, and next to what other providers in the market are paid.

Reviewed by experts

Clear about what the data shows

Some carriers publish too few rates for a reliable comparison. Where that happens we show no rate, and we say so.* Third Horizon's behavioral health payment experts review every data release.

What you get

What a subscription to one state includes

See rates in your state
Organization by level of care
Inpatient · Residential · PHP · IOP · Outpatient — each with its billing codes, the spread of rates, the rates by carrier, and the 20 highest negotiated rates by provider type. Substance use disorder levels of care follow the ASAM criteria.
Commercial Insurance Networks
Aetna, Anthem/BCBS, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare/Optum. For each carrier: the most common rate, the peak rate, and the upper bound where the published rates support one.*
Taken from the files insurers publish
Rates come from the price files that insurers must publish. It is the same reviewed data set behind our state rate reports for the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, and we refresh it as insurers update their files.
One price, every tool
A state subscription includes all of it: the benchmarks, the comparison against Medicare and Medicaid rates, and the Opportunity Calculator for what a new rate is worth in revenue. Nothing is held back for a higher tier. National coverage is a separate add-on.

* Not all published rates are sufficient for statistical analysis, because of limits on how many rates a carrier publishes for a service. Where there are too few, we show no rate for that carrier.

Pricing

One state. One price. Every tool.

One price covers everything in Rate Compass, including the comparison against public Medicare and Medicaid rates. There is no higher tier to buy. The subscription can pay for itself the next time you renew a contract with a payer.

Annual
From $750/yr

Billed once a year, per state — from $750 for one state, with lower per-state prices as you add states, up to national coverage. The price includes all of the benchmarks, the comparison against Medicare and Medicaid rates, the Opportunity Calculator, and the payer letter tool. A second service line (mental health or SUD) is +20%. Cancel at any time.

Pick your states

FAQ

Straight answers.

Where does the data come from?

Rates come from the Transparency in Coverage files that insurers must publish. We read those files and organize them, so that you can compare rates by state, by market, by service, and by insurance carrier.

How do I know it's accurate?

Third Horizon's behavioral health team reviews what comes out of the insurers' published files, both for accuracy and for use in contracting. Where the rates do not agree with what the market does, or where there are too few of them for a reliable comparison, we show no rate instead of an unreliable number.

Which states are available?

Illinois is available now. The national data set will be released in Fall 2026. Until then, more states become available as each carrier's data is reviewed, and preview states cost less while the carrier data fills in.

Can I cancel?

Yes, anytime, from your account. Annual subscriptions run to the end of the paid period.

Is this contracting advice?

No. Starset Rate Compass provides rate benchmarks and market context, not legal, financial, or contracting advice. The platform data can help providers prepare for payer conversations, but each organization should make contracting decisions based on its own strategy, contracts, counsel, and financial position.

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See where your rates stand.