Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90837 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Therapy session, 60 min cost in Lafayette, LA — inpatient

In Lafayette, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy session, 60 minutes as an inpatient: from $48.93 to $117.90, with a median of $83.42. The lowest listed price is at Lafayette General Medical Center — $34.49 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $108.96 at 25 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90837, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$48.93Lafayette General Medical Center

Median$83.42half of hospitals charge less

Highest$117.90in this market

Difference2.4×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 Lafayette, LA.

median

Lowest $48.93Highest $117.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Lafayette General Medical Center lowest Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC PHP-PSYTX W/PATIENT, 60 MIN source file	$48.93	$233.00	—	79%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC PHP-PSYTX W/PATIENT, 60 MIN source file	$117.90	$262.00	—	55%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $48.93, median $83.42, highest $117.90 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $117.90 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This is an individual psychotherapy session of about 60 minutes (53 minutes or more). It is used when a longer session is needed for talk therapy, such as for trauma or complex issues.

What the price covers

The price covers the therapy time. A first evaluation (90791) and any facility fee in a hospital clinic are billed separately.