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Sedative-Assisted Psychiatric Interview

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 90865

A psychiatric procedure in which a sedative medication is given through an intravenous line to help a patient access and discuss difficult memories, feelings, or experiences that are hard to reach in a standard conversation. It is used both to aid diagnosis and, in some cases, as part of treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sedative-Assisted Psychiatric Interview cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$110 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$191 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $141 to $380Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $110 to $234
$100$200$500facility $240professional $155

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
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$155

AK $288KY $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.