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Cognitive Skills Therapy Session

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 97129

This therapy service focuses on improving mental skills such as attention, memory, reasoning, problem-solving, or organizing tasks. A qualified professional works one-on-one with the patient, often to help recover skills after a brain injury or to manage symptoms from another condition affecting thinking.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cognitive Skills Therapy Session cost?

$19.05

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.98 to $21.38.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $17 to $59Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $17 to $21
$20$50facility $17professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$52.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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· 33rd of 51

$19.05

AK $46.77DE $14.13

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.