Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90834 Outpatient

Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes in Portland-South Portland, ME

In Portland-South Portland, ME, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes: from $65.40 to $416.25, with a median of $184.63. The lowest listed price is at York Hospital.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 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 Aug 12, 2025 and Sep 9, 2025.

Lowest$65.40York Hospital
Median$184.63half pay less
Highest$416.25in this market
Difference6.4×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Portland-South Portland, ME.

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Lowest $65.40Highest $416.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
York Hospital lowest York, ME PSYCHOTHERAPY 45 MIN W PATIENT +FAMILY $65.40 $109.00 40%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME PSYCHOTHRPY PT&/FAMILY 45MIN $67.86 $261.00 74%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME HC PSYTX W PT 45 MIN $67.86 $261.00 74%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME PF PSYTX PT&/FAMILY 45 MINUTES $75.40 $290.00 74%
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York Hospital York, ME PYSCHOTHERAPY 45 MIN W/WO FAMILY $84.60 $141.00 40%
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Mercy Hospital Portland, ME RH BH PSYTX PT&/FAMILY 45 MIN $143.26 $551.00 74%
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MaineHealth Portland, ME HC PSYCHOTHERAPY 38-52 MIN $161.05 $161.05 Sep 9, 2025
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MaineHealth Portland, ME PR PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES $183.00 $183.00 Sep 9, 2025
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MaineHealth Portland, ME PR PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES - AMBULATORY RATE $186.25 $186.25 Sep 9, 2025
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MaineHealth Westbrook, ME HC PSYCHOTHERAPY 38-52 MIN $213.35 $213.35 Aug 12, 2025
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MaineHealth Westbrook, ME HC DT CD 38-52 MIN W PT & OR FAM $213.35 $213.35 Aug 12, 2025
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MaineHealth Westbrook, ME HC IOP PSYCHOTHERAPY 38-52 MIN $213.35 $213.35 Aug 12, 2025
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MaineHealth Biddeford, ME PR PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES $233.80 $233.80 Sep 9, 2025
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MaineHealth Brunswick, ME PR PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES $237.75 $237.75 Sep 9, 2025
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MaineHealth Westbrook, ME PR PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES $278.10 $278.10 Aug 12, 2025
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MaineHealth Brunswick, ME HC PSYCHOTHERAPY 38-52 MIN $416.25 $416.25 Sep 9, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $65.40, median $184.63, highest $416.25 — a 6.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $184.63. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This is an individual psychotherapy session of about 45 minutes (38 to 52 minutes). It is the most common therapy session length, used for talk therapy for conditions like anxiety and depression.

What the price covers

The price covers the therapy session. A first evaluation (90791) and any facility fee at a hospital-based clinic are billed separately.