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Add-On Psychotherapy, 30 Minutes (With Medical Visit)

California rates for HCPCS 90833

A talk-therapy session lasting around 30 minutes that is provided on the same day as, and in addition to, a separate medical evaluation and management visit with the same provider. It lets a prescriber combine a medication or health check with a short counseling session in one visit rather than scheduling two separate appointments. It cannot be billed on its own without the accompanying medical visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Add-On Psychotherapy, 30 Minutes (With Medical Visit) cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 15 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$64.57 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$64.57 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $58 to $110Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $54 to $178
$50$100$200facility $78professional $76

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$151.36
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
HealthNet
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90

Where California sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 3rd of 51

$75.86

OR $75.86AL $60.26

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.