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Procedure price report · Psychological and psychiatric evaluation and therapy

Psychotherapy, 30 minutes, added to a medical visit

CPT 90833the billing code this page is about

An add-on charge for about 30 minutes of psychotherapy provided during the same visit as a medical evaluation and management service, which is billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $115 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,007 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $118. Most fall between $61 and $183 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,007
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,007 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$41$72$115$175$244

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($41 vs $244).

How the prices are spread

$31 – $39: 36 hospitals$31$39 – $49: 54 hospitals$49 – $63: 73 hospitals$49$63 – $80: 88 hospitals$80 – $101: 124 hospitals$80$101 – $128: 159 hospitals$128 – $162: 139 hospitals$128$162 – $206: 132 hospitals$206 – $261: 59 hospitals$206$261 – $331: 46 hospitals$261median $115price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (910 of 1,007 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$31$3936
$39$4954
$49$6373
$63$8088
$80$101124
$101$128159
$128$162139
$162$206132
$206$26159
$261$33146

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $115.

Alaska: median $190 across 10 hospitalsAK$190Maine: median $77 across 15 hospitalsME$77Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $99 across 32 hospitalsWA$99Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $105 across 12 hospitalsMT$105North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $117 across 40 hospitalsMN$117Illinois: median $146 across 46 hospitalsIL$146Wisconsin: median $109 across 52 hospitalsWI$109Michigan: median $56 across 40 hospitalsMI$56New York: median $119 across 76 hospitalsNY$119Massachusetts: median $142 across 32 hospitalsMA$142Oregon: median $137 across 25 hospitalsOR$137Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $128 across 41 hospitalsIA$128Indiana: median $58 across 33 hospitalsIN$58Ohio: median $122 across 45 hospitalsOH$122Pennsylvania: median $118 across 27 hospitalsPA$118New Jersey: median $78 across 21 hospitalsNJ$78Connecticut: median $136 across 13 hospitalsCT$136Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $175 across 64 hospitalsCA$175Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $189 across 17 hospitalsCO$189Nebraska: median $137 across 18 hospitalsNE$137Missouri: median $90 across 13 hospitalsMO$90Kentucky: median $65 across 11 hospitalsKY$65West Virginia: median $86 across 22 hospitalsWV$86Virginia: median $47 across 16 hospitalsVA$47Maryland: median $170 across 11 hospitalsMD$170Delaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $98 across 25 hospitalsKS$98Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $81 across 20 hospitalsNC$81South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $123 across 11 hospitalsOK$123Louisiana: median $66 across 17 hospitalsLA$66Mississippi: median $73 across 12 hospitalsMS$73Alabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $60 across 26 hospitalsGA$60Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $126 across 41 hospitalsTX$126Florida: median $288 across 17 hospitalsFL$288
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $115. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL17$288+151%$31 – $419
Alaska AK10$190+66%$95 – $240
Colorado CO17$189+64%$97 – $213
California CA64$175+52%$145 – $216
Maryland MD11$170+48%$94 – $259
Illinois IL46$146+28%$98 – $227
Massachusetts MA32$142+24%$122 – $209
Nebraska NE18$137+19%$85 – $155
Oregon OR25$137+19%$41 – $191
Connecticut CT13$136+18%$97 – $160
Iowa IA41$128+11%$92 – $162
Texas TX41$126+10%$66 – $136
Oklahoma OK11$123+7%$123 – $123
Ohio OH45$122+6%$105 – $290
New York NY76$119+4%$60 – $351
Pennsylvania PA27$118+2%$42 – $214
Minnesota MN40$117+2%$78 – $180
Wisconsin WI52$109−5%$93 – $135
Montana MT12$105−9%$76 – $189
Washington WA32$99−14%$88 – $160
Kansas KS25$98−15%$39 – $140
Missouri MO13$90−21%$62 – $114
West Virginia WV22$86−25%$76 – $165
North Carolina NC20$81−29%$43 – $85
New Jersey NJ21$78−32%$63 – $286
Maine ME15$77−33%$33 – $181
Mississippi MS12$73−36%$51 – $80
Louisiana LA17$66−42%$27 – $157
Kentucky KY11$65−43%$61 – $110
Georgia GA26$60−48%$55 – $331
Indiana IN33$58−49%$36 – $93
Michigan MI40$56−51%$41 – $118
Virginia VA16$47−59%$23 – $124
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $115.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care688$117$61 – $191
Children’s29$116$58 – $240
Critical access287$108$62 – $162
Ownership
For-profit53$116$55 – $237
Government197$103$66 – $167
Non-profit754$117$61 – $186
System affiliation
Part of a system806$113$60 – $180
Independent201$123$69 – $190

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$175
Median cash price$115
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

661 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $122 and the average of the middle 60% is $125; most fall between $69 and $191.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 661 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$46$80$122$175$268

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($46 vs $268).

Of the 700 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 661 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,007 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,099 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,007
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded56
Hospitals that filed this code1,099

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Psychological and psychiatric evaluation and therapy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Psychotherapy W/Patient W/E&M Srvcs 30 Min.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Psychotherapy, 30 minutes, added to a medical visit (CPT 90833) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-90833-psychotherapy-30-minutes-added-to-a-medical-visit