Psychotherapy, 30 minutes in Jackson, MS costs $71 to $136. Here's every hospital's price.
3 hospitals in the Jackson, MS 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 Jackson, MS metro area, 3 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). The lowest is $71 at Ochsner Scott Regional, the median is $135 and the highest is $136 at Merit Health Madison.
The Jackson, MS median of $135 is 14% below the national median of $157 across 928 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
3 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $41 to $500. 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 February 2026 and September 2026. 14 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 onlyMorton · 28 mi · File Apr 2026
Yazoo City · 34 mi · File Feb 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 Jackson, MS without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Copiah County Medical CenterNo website on record
- Crossgates River Oaks Hospitalcode not in file
- Holmes County Hospital and ClinicsNo website on record
- Magee General Hospitalcode not in file
- Merit Health Centralcode not in file
- Merit Health River Oakscode not in file
- Merit Health Women's Hospitalcode not in file
- Mississippi Baptist Medical Centercode not in file
- Mississippi Methodist Rehab CtrWebsite blocks automated reading
- S E Lackey Memorial HospitalNo website on record
- Simpson General Hospital CahNo website on record
- St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalNo price file found
- University of Mississippi Med CenterNo website on record
- Whitfield Medical Surgical HospitalNo price file found