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Sedative-Assisted Psychiatric Interview

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $158 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$120 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$123 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $79 to $302Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $105 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $158professional $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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$489.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
U6 · State-defined
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 28th 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.