Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90834 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes in Winston-Salem, NC — inpatient

In Winston-Salem, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes as an inpatient: from $72.50 to $76.50, with a median of $74.50. The lowest listed price is at North Carolina Baptist Hospital — $2.00 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $94.00 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90834, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.

Lowest$72.50North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Median$74.50half pay less
Highest$76.50in this market
Difference1.1×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 Winston-Salem, NC.

median
Lowest $72.50Highest $76.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
North Carolina Baptist Hospital lowest Bermuda Run, NC HC PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENT &/ FAMILY 45 MINUTES $72.50 $145.00 50% Oct 21, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC HC PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENT &/ FAMILY 45 MINUTES $76.50 $153.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $72.50, median $74.50, highest $76.50 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $74.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.