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Preparing a Written Psychiatric Report

South Carolina 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?

$69.18

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $75.86.

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

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $60 to $110Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $60 to $83
$100facility $74professional $69

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
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 23rd of 51

$69.18

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.