Psychotherapy, 30 minutes in Austin, TX costs $189. Here's every hospital's price.
5 hospitals in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area publish a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, 5 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). The lowest is $189 at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor, the median is $189 and the highest is $189 at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin.
The Austin, TX median of $189 is 20% above the national median of $157 across 927 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
15 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $35 to $395. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.
The files behind these prices are dated between January 2026 and June 2026. 9 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyTaylor · 28 mi · File Jun 2026
Round Rock · 22 mi · File Jun 2026
Pflugerville · 14 mi · File Jun 2026
Buda · 16 mi · File Jun 2026
Austin · 11 mi · File Jun 2026
Austin · 5 mi · File Jan 2026
San Marcos · 33 mi · File Jan 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 90832. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
Cash vs. insured
Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.
What to say on the phone
"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 90832, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About psychotherapy, 30 minutes
CPT 90832 is a 30-minute individual psychotherapy session (16 to 37 minutes under the billing rules) with a psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed therapist or social worker. It is the shortest standard therapy session, often used for brief follow-ups or combined with medication management.
What the price covers
The session itself. When a hospital lists this code, it is the price at a hospital-owned behavioral health clinic, which may include a facility fee. Medication management by a psychiatrist in the same visit is a separate code.
Session lengths
- 90832: 30 minutes (this page)
- 90834: 45 minutes
- 90837: 60 minutes
Most weekly therapy is billed as 90834 or 90837.
Why prices vary
Hospital-based therapy is usually more expensive than private practice because of facility fees. Many therapists in private practice offer sliding-scale cash rates that undercut hospital prices substantially; community mental health centers charge by income.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for 90832, and is there a facility fee?
- Is a sliding scale available?
- Will medication management be billed separately?
Hospitals in Austin, TX without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Ascension Seton Williamsoncode not in file
- Brushy Creek Family Hospital LLCNo website on record
- Dell Children's Medical CenterNo website on record
- North Austin Medical CenterNo price file found
- Round Rock Medical CenterNo price file found
- St David's Medical CenterNo price file found
- St David's South Austin Medical CenterNo price file found
- Texas Childrens Hospital North Austin CampusNo website on record
- The Hospital at Westlake Medical CenterFile found, not read yet