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Preparing a Written Psychiatric Report

Pennsylvania 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 negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$67.61$64.57 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$22.91 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $195Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $58 to $83
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 40th 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.