Psychotherapy, 30 minutes in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD costs $39 to $1,197. Here's every hospital's price.
16 hospitals in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, 16 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). The lowest is $39 at West Jersey Hospital, the median is $181 and the highest is $1,197 at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill. The most expensive hospital lists 31 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD median of $181 is 15% 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 $29 to $1,000. 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 March 2026 and September 2026. 35 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 onlyVoorhees · 21 mi · File Jun 2026
Camden · 12 mi · File Apr 2026
Mount Holly · 28 mi · File Apr 2026
Willingboro · 25 mi · File Apr 2026
Bryn Mawr · 9 mi · File Apr 2026
Abington · 18 mi · File Sep 2026
Philadelphia · 11 mi · File Sep 2026
Philadelphia · 13 mi · File Sep 2026
East Norriton · 18 mi · File Sep 2026
Philadelphia · 21 mi · File Sep 2026
Lansdale · 25 mi · File Sep 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 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Chester County HospitalNo price file found
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphiacode not in file
- Christiana HospitalFile in an unsupported format
- Cooper University HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Crozer Chester Medical CenterNo price file found
- Deborah Heart and Lung CenterNo price file found
- Doylestown HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Eagleville HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaNo price file found
- Kensington HospitalNo price file found
- Main Line Hospital LankenauFile in an unsupported format
- Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgeraldcode not in file
- Nazareth HospitalNo website on record
- Nemours Children's Hospital, Delawarecode not in file
- Paoli HospitalFile in an unsupported format
- Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterNo price file found
- Pennsylvania HospitalNo price file found
- Phoenixville Hospitalcode not in file
- Physicians Care Surgical Hospitalcode not in file
- Pottstown Hospitalcode not in file
- Riddle Memorial HospitalFile in an unsupported format
- Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospitalcode not in file
- Shriners Hospitals for Children - Philadelphiacode not in file
- St Christopher's Hospital for Childrencode not in file
- St Francis Hospitalcode not in file
- St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusFile could not be read
- St Mary Medical Centercode not in file
- Suburban Community HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalNo price file found
- Temple University HospitalNo website on record
- Union Hospital of Cecil CountyFile in an unsupported format
- Valley Forge Medical Centercode not in file
- Weisman Childrens Rehabilitation Hospitalcode not in file
- Wills Eye Hospitalcode not in file