SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Psychotherapy session, 60 minutes in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 cities for code 90837, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Lowell General Hospital LOWELL, MA
Hosp Psychotherapy Patient Level 4
$163.10 $233.00 30%
file
Boston Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 60 Minutes
$165.60 $368.00 55%
file
Boston Medical Center Brighton BOSTON, MA
HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 60 Minutes
$184.89 $410.86 55%
file
Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Telemed Psytx W Pt 60 Min
$212.10 $303.00 30%
file
Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA
Hosp Psychotherapy Patient Level 4
$212.10 $303.00 30%
file
MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE MELROSE, MA
Hosp Psychotherapy Patient Level 4
$223.30 $319.00 30%
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
Psychotherapy Patient &/ Family 60 Minutes
$282.00 $282.00
file
MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE MELROSE, MA
HC Telemed Psytx W Pt 60 Min
$319.20 $456.00 30%
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 60 Minutes
$400.00 $400.00
file

Outpatient: lowest $163.10, median $212.10, highest $400.00 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $212.10. 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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