SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
HC Psychotherapy Patient Individual Therapy 45 Minutes
$182.00 $280.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation WATERLOO, IA
PR PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES
$209.60 $262.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
PR Psychotherapy Patient 45 Minutes
$251.00 $251.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
PR Psychotherapy Patient 45 Minutes
$251.00 $251.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation WATERLOO, IA
HC PSYTX W PT 45 MIN (38-52 MIN)
$261.14 $326.42 20% Jan 28, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $182.00, median $251.00, highest $261.14 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $251.00. 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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