Therapy session, 45 min cost in New York

In New York, 87 hospitals publish a cash price for psychotherapy session, 45 minutes: from $45.61 to $772.42, with a median of $261.67. The lowest price is at NYU Langone (Brooklyn) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 16.9× the lowest.

• The median here, $261.67, is 23% above the US median of $212.90.
• That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
• New York ranks 36th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
• 27 of 87 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 90834. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map