SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 cities for code 90834, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
Psychotherapy Patient &/ Family 45 Minutes
$100.00 $100.00
file
Boston Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes
$114.30 $254.00 55%
file
Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA
Hosp Psychotherapy W Patient Level 3
$142.80 $204.00 30%
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
HC IP Psychotherapy 45 Min
$165.00 $165.00
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
HC Psychotherapy 45 Min
$165.00 $165.00
file
Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Telemed Psytx W Pt 45 Min
$176.40 $252.00 30%
file
Boston Medical Center Brighton BOSTON, MA
HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes
$184.89 $410.86 55%
file
Lowell General Hospital LOWELL, MA
Hosp Psychotherapy W Patient Level 3
$221.20 $316.00 30%
file
MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE MELROSE, MA
Hosp Psychotherapy W Patient Level 3
$233.80 $334.00 30%
file

Outpatient: lowest $100.00, median $165.00, highest $233.80 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $165.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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