Psychiatric evaluation cost in Tampa, FL
In Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, 14 hospitals list a cash price for mental health diagnostic evaluation (intake), without medical services: from $160.65 to $1,649.95, with a median of $239.40. The lowest listed price is at Tampa General Hospital — $78.75 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $258.20 at 52 hospitals.
- The median here, $239.40, is 7% below the US median of $257.70.
- That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
- Tampa, FL has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Florida with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 5 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 cities for code 90791, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa General Hospital lowest Tampa, FL · (813) 844-7000 Hb Psych Consult File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $160.65 | $459.00 | — | 65% |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Tampa, FL · (813) 870-4398 PY DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $71.82–$399.00 | 40% |
| Morton Plant NorthBay Hospital New Port Richey, FL · (727) 842-8468 PY DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $71.82–$399.00 | 40% |
| Mease Dunedin Hospital Dunedin, FL · (727) 733-1111 PY DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $71.82–$399.00 | 40% |
| South Florida Baptist Hospital Plant City, FL · (813) 757-1200 ED DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAM File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $71.82–$399.00 | 40% |
| BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel, FL · (813) 914-1000 ED DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAM File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $71.82–$399.00 | 40% |
| Mease Countryside Hospital Safety Harbor, FL · (727) 734-6950 ED DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAM File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $71.82–$399.00 | 40% |
| Morton Plant Hospital Clearwater, FL · (727) 462-7000 ED DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $71.82–$399.00 | 40% |
| St Anthony's Hospital St. Petersburg, FL · (727) 825-1100 ED DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAM+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $239.40 | $399.00 | $71.82–$399.00 | 40% |
| HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital Tampa, FL · (813) 873-6400 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation SCHEDULED+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $938.30 | $938.30 | $44.10–$863.24 | — |
| HCA Florida Trinity Hospital Tampa, FL · (727) 834-4900 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation SCHEDULED+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $939.86 | $939.86 | $44.17–$864.67 | — |
| HCA Florida Largo Hospital Clearwater, FL · (727) 588-5200 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation UNSCHEDULED+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,077.26 | $1,077.26 | $50.63–$991.08 | — |
| HCA Florida Largo West Hospital Largo, FL · (727) 588-5200 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation UNSCHEDULED+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,077.26 | $1,077.26 | $50.63–$991.08 | — |
| AdventHealth Carrollwood Tampa, FL · (813) 615-7219 HC PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,649.95 | $1,649.95 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $160.65, median $239.40, highest $1,649.95 — a 10.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $239.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 8 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What psychiatric evaluation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Psychiatric evaluation explained.