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How Much Does Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes Cost on Medicare?

Cost analysis for CPT 90833 — Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes

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Average Medicare Payment

$46.42

2023 data

Total Payments (2023)

$61.6M

Services (2023)

1.3M

Price Change (2014–2023)

+1.2%

📈 Year-over-Year Cost Trend

YearAvg PaymentTotal PaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$45.87$57.1M1.2M—
2015$45.70$57.4M1.2M-0.4%
2016$45.48$58.3M1.3M-0.5%
2017$45.12$59.1M1.3M-0.8%
2018$46.56$61.8M1.3M+3.2%
2019$48.72$65.4M1.3M+4.6%
2020$49.49$65.9M1.3M+1.6%
2021$48.89$64.3M1.3M-1.2%
2022$47.77$62.5M1.3M-2.3%
2023$46.42$61.6M1.3M-2.8%

🗺️ State-by-State Cost Variation

The most expensive state pays 1.7x more than the cheapest for this procedure. AK averages $64.27 vs WY at $38.20.

StateAvg PaymentTotal PaymentsServicesProviders
AK$64.27$81.9K1.3K15
NY$54.68$7.7M140.4K615
NJ$50.64$3.7M72.4K331
WV$50.42$102.6K2.0K10
CA$50.26$10.6M210.2K779
VT$50.00$88.1K1.8K12
CT$49.98$752.6K15.1K98
NH$49.70$232.2K4.7K34
MA$48.50$2.8M58.1K393
PA$48.48$1.5M30.9K224
FL$48.21$5.6M116.4K638
DC$48.04$132.6K2.8K27
RI$48.00$310.5K6.5K60
PR$47.50$54.2K1.1K16
IL$47.44$2.8M58.7K317
MD$47.21$2.4M50.3K287
AP$46.94$7.8K1662
MI$46.76$825.7K17.7K155
VA$46.39$1.1M24.4K188
CO$46.06$586.1K12.7K126
DE$45.77$317.8K6.9K41
HI$45.75$174.9K3.8K34
TX$45.68$3.1M68.8K478
MT$45.24$135.4K3.0K35
IN$45.21$199.7K4.4K56
WA$45.16$602.6K13.3K132
OH$45.09$1.4M31.1K274
UT$45.08$194.5K4.3K58
MO$45.01$727.8K16.2K104
WI$44.94$582.2K13.0K105
NV$44.90$1.1M25.2K123
NC$44.83$1.3M29.2K258
GA$44.81$2.3M51.5K255
OK$44.75$248.3K5.5K56
KS$44.64$134.3K3.0K32
SC$44.57$888.9K19.9K122
SD$44.39$43.9K98813
AZ$44.36$1.4M30.5K212
ME$44.13$74.2K1.7K15
AL$43.96$1.1M25.3K156
LA$43.77$390.4K8.9K93
KY$43.58$565.3K13.0K135
OR$43.28$327.3K7.6K82
IA$43.13$168.0K3.9K56
AR$42.68$320.0K7.5K71
TN$42.51$769.8K18.1K143
ND$42.16$21.4K5078
NM$42.14$271.0K6.4K55
MS$41.58$191.8K4.6K51
ID$41.47$220.5K5.3K32
NE$41.25$217.1K5.3K60

💰 Who Bills the Most for This Procedure?

ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
Hisham SolimanPsychiatryCA$192.7K3.9K$49.27
Idan SharonNeurologyNY$192.1K3.2K$60.40
Mehboob MakhaniPsychiatryCA$191.9K3.9K$48.76
Joseph RojoPhysician AssistantCA$159.1K3.6K$44.45
Gadson JohnsonPsychiatryCA$158.0K3.1K$51.23
Tatyana TsipurskyPsychiatryNY$157.5K2.6K$59.49
Robert Kahn-RosePsychiatryCA$154.1K2.7K$56.88
Hugo GozosNurse PractitionerCA$144.3K3.4K$42.68
David GoodmanPsychiatryNY$143.5K2.3K$61.24
Philip SaltielPsychiatryNY$142.2K2.5K$55.94
Levon Ter-BagdasarianNurse PractitionerCA$135.2K3.0K$44.61
Angie-Kolleen TanNurse PractitionerCA$134.8K3.1K$43.45
Matthew TargoffPsychiatryFL$134.4K2.6K$52.37
John KeltnerPsychiatryCA$128.6K2.3K$55.62
Kenneth PhunPsychiatryCA$127.9K2.3K$54.94
Eugene KarpusPsychiatryCA$125.4K2.4K$51.72
Artin AlexandrianNurse PractitionerCA$125.0K2.7K$46.48
Gary FrickPsychiatryFL$122.7K2.4K$51.89
Michael TolwinPsychiatryCA$121.6K2.3K$51.92
Carlo BayrakdarianPsychiatryNY$119.9K2.0K$60.65

🤔 Is Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes Overpriced?

Based on the data, CPT 90833 shows a 1.7x variation in pricing across states — moderate variation by Medicare standards.

Costs have increased 1.2% since 2014. Medicare's fee schedule attempts to standardize pricing, though some variation is expected due to geographic cost-of-living adjustments and practice expense differences.

This analysis is based on publicly available CMS data and does not account for patient complexity, comorbidities, or facility-specific factors that may justify pricing differences.

Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.