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Psychotherapy, 30 minutes in New York, NY-NJ costs $23 to $2,312. Here's every hospital's price.

40 hospitals in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, 40 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). The lowest is $23 at NYU Langone Hospitals, the median is $214 and the highest is $2,312 at SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn. The most expensive hospital lists 101 times the cheapest for the same code.

The New York, NY-NJ median of $214 is 37% above the national median of $157 across 928 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

47 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $4 to $4,255. 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 July 2024 and September 2026. 63 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.

$23
lowest cash price in New York, NY-NJ
NYU Langone Hospitals · 9 mi
$192 below the median
$214
median cash price
40 hospitals
101×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
40/110
hospitals with a cash price
63 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
NYU Langone Hospitals

New York · 9 mi · File Jan 2026

$23
list $1,047 · lowest of 5 lines
2
Hunterdon Medical Center

Flemington · 57 mi · File Feb 2026

$163
list $522 · lowest of 9 lines
3
Newton Medical Center

Newton · 54 mi · File Apr 2026

$176
list $681 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Kings County Hospital Center

Brooklyn · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$181
list $188 · lowest of 3 lines
5
Bellevue Hospital Center

New York · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$181
list $187 · lowest of 7 lines
6
Queens Hospital Center

Jamaica · 1 mi · File Sep 2026

$181
list $187 · lowest of 7 lines
7
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center

Brooklyn · 7 mi · File Sep 2026

$181
list $188 · lowest of 9 lines
8
Bronxcare Hospital Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File May 2026

$185
list $185 · lowest of 24 lines
9
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File Sep 2026

$190
list $416 · lowest of 3 lines
10
Jacobi Medical Center

Bronx · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$190
list $698 · lowest of 3 lines
11
Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst · 4 mi · File Sep 2026

$190
list $416 · lowest of 4 lines
12
South Brooklyn Health

Brooklyn · 13 mi · File Sep 2026

$190
list $416 · lowest of 2 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 90832. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

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.

3

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 New York, NY-NJ without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask