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Psychotherapy, 60 Minutes

Alabama rates for HCPCS 90837

An individual talk-therapy session lasting roughly 60 minutes, the longest of the standard individual therapy session lengths. It gives the therapist and patient more time to work through complex issues, trauma, or deeper therapeutic work than a shorter session allows. It's commonly used for patients who benefit from a longer, less rushed conversation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Psychotherapy, 60 Minutes cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 5 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$120$107 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$123 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $105 to $170Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $98 to $151
$100$200facility $141professional $120

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
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$120

MN $151DE $120

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.