SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90834, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 25, 2026 and Aug 25, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center NIAGARA FALLS, NY
PSYTX W PT 45 MINUTES
$112.88 $161.25 30%
file
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center NIAGARA FALLS, NY
PSYCHOTHERAPY; 45 MINUTES
$124.17 $177.38 30%
file
ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION BUFFALO, NY
PSYCHOTHERAPY INDIVIDUAL 45MIN
$263.35 $429.05 39% Aug 25, 2026
file
ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION BUFFALO, NY
PSYCHOTHERAPY CHILD 45MIN
$263.35 $429.05 39% Aug 25, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $112.88, median $193.76, highest $263.35 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $263.35. 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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