How much does psychotherapy (60 minutes) cost in Washington, DC?
Prices below come from each hospital's federally required price file. Most recent hospital file date: April 2, 2026. Last verified by PriceCheck: July 16, 2026. CPT 90837.
Median commercial rates on file run from $272 (MedStar Washington Hospital Center) to $472 (Inova Fairfax Hospital) — 1.7× apart for the same procedure in the same metro. That spread is why this page exists.
Facility rates by hospital
| Hospital | Cash / self-pay | Commercial | Medicare | Medicaid | Source & file date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest MedStar Washington Hospital Center, | $354 | $272median of 11 plans | $218median of 4 plans | $316median of 4 plans | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
| Children's National HospitalWashington, DC · pediatric | $212 | $224median of 9 plans | — | $157median of 11 plans | hospital fileApril 2, 2026 |
| Virginia Hospital Center Arlington Health SystemArlington, VA | $416 | $286median of 9 plans | $162median of 5 plans | — | hospital fileDecember 16, 2025 |
| Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church, VA | $396 | $472median of 11 plans | $165median of 6 plans | $219median of 5 plans | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
| Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC | — | — | $218median of 3 plans | — | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
| Suburban HospitalBethesda, MD | $290 | — | — | — | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
Commercial / Medicare / Medicaid figures are the median of that hospital's listed plan rates in the class. Click a hospital for its full per-plan ledger.
Common questions
How much does psychotherapy (60 minutes) cost without insurance in Washington, DC?
Based on hospital-published price files, discounted cash (self-pay) facility rates for Psychotherapy (60 minutes) in Washington, DC range from $290 at Suburban Hospital to $416 at Virginia Hospital Center Arlington Health System (4 hospitals listing a cash rate). Facility rates only — physician, anesthesia, radiology, and pathology bill separately.
Which hospital in Washington, DC lists the lowest price for psychotherapy (60 minutes)?
Comparing each hospital's median commercial-insurance rate in its price file, MedStar Washington Hospital Center lists the lowest ($272, median of 11 plan rates) and Inova Fairfax Hospital the highest ($472, median of 11 plan rates). What you actually pay depends on your plan's network, deductible, and coinsurance.
Where do these prices come from?
Every price on this page comes directly from the machine-readable file (MRF) each hospital is federally required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). We show each hospital's file date and link to the source. These are price disclosures, not quotes.