Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90837 Outpatient

Psychotherapy session, 60 minutes in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

In Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Psychotherapy session, 60 minutes: from $219.50 to $456.82, with a median of $219.50. The lowest listed price is at Sentara Hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 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 Mar 17, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$219.50Sentara Hospitals
Median$219.50half pay less
Highest$456.82in this market
Difference2.1×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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.

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Lowest $219.50Highest $456.82

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Sentara Hospitals lowest Virginia Beach, VA Chg - Psytx Pt&/Family 60 Minutes $219.50 $439.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA Chg - Psytx Pt&/Family 60 Minutes $219.50 $439.00 50%
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Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA Chg - Psytx Pt&/Family 60 Minutes $219.50 $439.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Hospitals Hampton, VA Chg - Psytx Pt&/Family 60 Minutes $219.50 $439.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Hospitals Norfolk, VA Chg - Psytx Pt&/Family 60 Minutes $219.50 $439.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Hospitals Norfolk, VA Chg - Psytx Pt&/Family 60 Minutes $219.50 $439.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Maryview Hospital LLC Portsmouth, VA HC Iop Tx 60 Min $266.40 $444.00 40%
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Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VA PR PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT* $288.00 $320.00 10% Mar 17, 2026
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Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VA PB-INDV PSYCH F/UP60MN $456.54 $507.27 10% Mar 17, 2026
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Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VA OB-INDV PSYCH F/UP60MN $456.82 $507.58 10% Mar 17, 2026
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Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VA URG-INDV PSYCH F/UP60 $456.82 $507.58 10% Mar 17, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $219.50, median $219.50, highest $456.82 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $219.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90837 ($275.02). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VAPSY W/PT 60M $14.66 file
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VAPSYTX W/PT 60MIN $14.66 file
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VAPSYCHTH/PT 60 MIN $14.66 file