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Procedure price report · Psychological and psychiatric evaluation and therapy

Psychological testing review and planning, each extra hour

CPT 96131the billing code this page is about

Added to the first-hour psychological evaluation charge; each unit covers one more hour of the psychologist's interpretation, planning and reporting time.

Hospitals typically charge $199 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 687 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $199. Most fall between $106 and $315 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
687
States
48
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 687 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
$76$123$199$281$434

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($76 vs $434).

How the prices are spread

$56 – $71: 21 hospitals$56$71 – $91: 40 hospitals$91 – $115: 56 hospitals$91$115 – $147: 93 hospitals$147 – $186: 84 hospitals$147$186 – $237: 98 hospitals$237 – $301: 115 hospitals$237$301 – $383: 53 hospitals$383 – $488: 45 hospitals$383$488 – $620: 17 hospitals$488median $199price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (622 of 687 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$56$7121
$71$9140
$91$11556
$115$14793
$147$18684
$186$23798
$237$301115
$301$38353
$383$48845
$488$62017

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $199.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $221 across 39 hospitalsMN$221Illinois: median $168 across 31 hospitalsIL$168Wisconsin: median $167 across 45 hospitalsWI$167Michigan: median $110 across 33 hospitalsMI$110New York: median $172 across 30 hospitalsNY$172Massachusetts: median $269 across 14 hospitalsMA$269Oregon: median $160 across 15 hospitalsOR$160Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $207 across 22 hospitalsIA$207Indiana: median $337 across 27 hospitalsIN$337Ohio: median $219 across 44 hospitalsOH$219Pennsylvania: median $111 across 30 hospitalsPA$111New Jersey: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $255 across 61 hospitalsCA$255Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $135 across 16 hospitalsMO$135Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $205 across 23 hospitalsVA$205Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $162 across 20 hospitalsNC$162South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $141 across 10 hospitalsOK$141Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $281 across 58 hospitalsTX$281Florida: median $155 across 14 hospitalsFL$155
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $199. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Indiana IN27$337+69%$93 – $486
Texas TX58$281+41%$260 – $315
Massachusetts MA14$269+35%$129 – $639
California CA61$255+28%$215 – $396
Minnesota MN39$221+11%$119 – $473
Ohio OH44$219+10%$128 – $254
Iowa IA22$207+4%$182 – $218
Virginia VA23$205+3%$59 – $374
New York NY30$172−14%$85 – $360
Illinois IL31$168−16%$93 – $256
Wisconsin WI45$167−16%$117 – $230
North Carolina NC20$162−18%$57 – $164
Oregon OR15$160−20%$155 – $205
Florida FL14$155−22%$71 – $991
Oklahoma OK10$141−29%$141 – $141
Missouri MO16$135−32%$111 – $262
Pennsylvania PA30$111−44%$23 – $323
Michigan MI33$110−45%$99 – $230
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $199.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care524$195$105 – $309
Children’s35$229$99 – $329
Critical access125$199$117 – $315
Ownership
For-profit37$230$128 – $315
Government105$164$94 – $263
Non-profit542$205$110 – $321
System affiliation
Part of a system580$205$111 – $315
Independent107$172$96 – $302

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$329
Median cash price$199
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

520 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $204 and the average of the middle 60% is $198; most fall between $117 and $281.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 520 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
$78$128$204$269$396

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($78 vs $396).

Of the 557 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 520 gave a usable cash price; 17 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

687 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 756 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted687
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here19
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded50
Hospitals that filed this code756

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 Psychological Tst Eval Svc Phys/Qhp Ea Addl Hour.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Psychological testing review and planning, each extra hour (CPT 96131) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-96131-psychological-testing-review-and-planning-each-extra-hour