Psychotherapy, 30 minutes in Pittsburgh, PA costs $36 to $175. Here's every hospital's price.
4 hospitals in the Pittsburgh, PA 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 Pittsburgh, PA metro area, 4 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). The lowest is $36 at Heritage Valley Beaver, the median is $36 and the highest is $175 at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside. The most expensive hospital lists 4.9 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Pittsburgh, PA median of $36 is 80% below the national median of $181 across 340 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
6 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $29 to $797. 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 March 2026. 25 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 onlyBeaver · 29 mi · File Mar 2026
Sewickley · 17 mi · File Mar 2026
Pittsburgh · 6 mi · File Mar 2026
Pittsburgh · 5 mi · File Mar 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 Pittsburgh, PA without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Acmh Hospitalcode not in file
- Advanced Surgical Hospitalcode not in file
- Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, LLCWebsite blocks automated reading
- Ahn Wexford HospitalFile could not be read
- Allegheny General HospitalFile could not be read
- Allegheny Valley HospitalFile could not be read
- Canonsburg General HospitalFile could not be read
- Children's Home of Pittsburghcode not in file
- Excela Health - Frick HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Excela Health Latrobe HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Forbes HospitalFile could not be read
- Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaWebsite blocks automated reading
- Jefferson HospitalFile could not be read
- St Clair HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Uniontown HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburghcode not in file
- UPMC Eastcode not in file
- UPMC Jamesoncode not in file
- UPMC Mckeesport Hospitalcode not in file
- UPMC Mercycode not in file
- UPMC Passavantcode not in file
- UPMC St Margaretcode not in file
- Washington Hospital, TheFile found, not read yet
- West Penn HospitalFile could not be read