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Preparing a Written Psychiatric Report

Alabama rates for HCPCS 90889

Covers a clinician's time spent writing up a patient's mental health status, history, treatment and progress for someone outside the treating team — for example an agency, a school, an employer's health service or an insurer. The work is done away from the patient, who does not need to be present. Reports prepared for courts or legal proceedings are handled as a different service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Preparing a Written Psychiatric Report cost?

$70.79

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $83.18.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $54 to $85
$100professional $71

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23

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· 15th of 51

$70.79

ND $91.20NM $64.57

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.