Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90870 Outpatient

ECT cost in Raleigh, NC

In Raleigh-Cary, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session: from $142.29 to $142.29, with a median of $142.29. Across North Carolina, the median is $1,732.30 at 21 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 90870, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$142.29DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Median$142.29half pay less
Highest$142.29in this market
Difference1.0×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 Raleigh-Cary, NC.

median
Lowest $142.29Highest $291.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL lowest Raleigh, NC Electroconvulsive Therapy $142.29 $527.00 $119.15–$523.24 73% —
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DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL lowest Raleigh, NC Electroconvulsive Therapy $142.29 $527.00 $132.38–$527.12 73% —
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DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Raleigh, NC Electroconvulsive Therapy,1 Seiz $291.50 $583.00 $69.94–$301.99 50% —
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Outpatient: lowest $142.29, median $142.29, highest $142.29.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $142.29. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

ECT treats severe depression with a brief electric current to the brain under anesthesia.

What the price covers

The price is for one session or evaluation.