Therapy session, 45 min cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy session, 45 minutes: from $151.20 to $505.80, with a median of $169.00. The lowest listed price is at Kent County Memorial Hospital and 2 other hospitals — $17.80 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $169.00 at 7 hospitals.
- The median here, $169.00, is 21% below the US median of $213.24.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
- 5 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 8 cities for code 90834, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 15, 2025 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent County Memorial Hospital lowest Warwick, RI · (401) 737-7010 HC Psychotherapy Patient &/ Family 45 Minutes File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $151.20 | $432.00 | $34.25–$403.06 | 65% |
| Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island lowest Providence, RI · (401) 274-1100 HC Psychotherapy Patient &/ Family 45 Minutes File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $151.20 | $432.00 | $34.25–$479.54 | 65% |
| Butler Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 455-6270 HC Psychotherapy Patient &/ Family 45 Minutes File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $151.20 | $432.00 | $34.25–$393.12 | 65% |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC PSYCHOTHER 45 MIN W PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $169.00 | $169.00 | — | — |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC PSYCHOTHER 45 MIN W PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $169.00 | $169.00 | — | — |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC PSYCHOTHER 45 MIN W PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $169.00 | $169.00 | — | — |
| Landmark Medical Center Woonsocket, RI · (401) 769-4100 Hc Psychotherapy Patient &/ Family 45 Minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $198.00 | $625.20 | $33.26–$593.94 | 68% |
| Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital East Providence, RI · (401) 432-1000 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY 45 MINUTES PHD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $225.00 | $225.00 | — | — |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's Hospital St. New Bedford, MA HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $250.50 | $501.00 | $107.11–$411.86 | 50% |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · (508) 679-3131 HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $250.50 | $501.00 | $107.11–$411.86 | 50% |
| Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital East Providence, RI · (401) 432-1000 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY 45 MIN TRICARE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $363.00 | $363.00 | — | — |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC PSYCHOTHER 45 MIN W PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $505.80 | $505.80 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $151.20, median $169.00, highest $505.80 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $169.00. 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 6 of 6 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.
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