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Preparing a Written Psychiatric Report

Washington 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 10 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$72.44$64.57 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$66.07 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $145Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $58 to $110
$100$200facility $95professional $72

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
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Washington 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· 6th of 51

$72.44

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.