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Preparing a Written Psychiatric Report

Washington, DC 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?

$67.61

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $72.44.

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 $68 · 10th to 90th $60 to $79
$100professional $68

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
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$204.17

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 39th of 51

$67.61

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.