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Preparing a Written Psychiatric Report

Virginia 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 negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 7 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$69.18$64.57 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$67.61 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $65 to $135Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $58 to $214
$50$100$200facility $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$389.05
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 17th 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.