Psychotherapy, 30 minutes in Seattle, WA costs $68 to $284. Here's every hospital's price.
5 hospitals in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, 5 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). The lowest is $68 at Virginia Mason Medical Center, the median is $203 and the highest is $284 at Valley Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 4.2 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Seattle, WA median of $203 is 11% above the national median of $183 across 332 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
6 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $2 to $1,253. 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 April 2026. 21 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 onlySeattle · 24 mi · File Jan 2026
Everett · 39 mi · File Apr 2026
Seattle · 24 mi · File Apr 2026
Issaquah · 9 mi · File Apr 2026
Bellevue · 19 mi · File Apr 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 Seattle, WA without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Cascade Valley Hospitalcode not in file
- Evergreenhealth Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Evergreenhealth MonroeWebsite blocks automated reading
- Harborview Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Highline Medical Centercode not in file
- Kaiser Permanente Central HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Mary Bridge Children's HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Multicare Auburn Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Multicare Covington Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Seattle Children's HospitalFile in an unsupported format
- Snoqualmie Valley HospitalNo website on record
- St Anthony Hospitalcode not in file
- St Clare Hospitalcode not in file
- St Elizabeth Hospitalcode not in file
- St Francis Community Hospitalcode not in file
- St Joseph Medical Centercode not in file
- Swedish Edmonds HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Swedish Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- University of Washington Medical CtrWebsite blocks automated reading