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Crisis Psychotherapy, First 60 Minutes

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 90839

An urgent counseling session provided to a patient experiencing a mental health crisis, focused on immediate stabilization, safety, and reducing distress rather than ongoing, planned therapy work. It covers the first 60 minutes of this kind of urgent session. It's used when a patient needs prompt, focused support to get through an acute crisis situation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Crisis Psychotherapy, First 60 Minutes cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $178 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$151 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$151 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $132 to $513Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $141 to $234
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $178professional $178

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in North Dakota than in Ohio. 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$178

ND $186OH $107

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.