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CPT code

What a 90834 pays

87 reported rates for CPT 90834 put the median at $80, with a range of $30 to $170. The code covers individual psychotherapy, 38 to 52 minutes. The tables below split the same 87 reports by payer, route, and license.

Reported 90834: median $80, range $30–$170, middle half $64–$100, about 94% of the 2026 national Medicare reference for a master's-level clinician (87 reports · January 2022 to October 2026 · updated 2026-10-06)

What 90834 is

Session time

38 to 52 minutes of face-to-face psychotherapy. A session of 53 minutes or longer is billed as 90837, and CMS instructs that psychotherapy under 16 minutes is not reported at all.

What it covers

Individual psychotherapy with the patient. Family members may be present.

Who bills it

LCSWs, LPCs, LMFTs, psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychiatric nurse practitioners, subject to each payer's credentialing and scope rules.

Time rules above are quoted from the CMS billing and coding article A57520. Rate figures on this page are self-reported by therapists and are a separate thing from what a payer is obliged to allow.

90834 by payer

90834 by route

90834 by license

90834 by state

Other codes: 90837 · 90791 · 90847 · 90846.

All 87 reports for 90834

Limitations

These figures have three limitations. First, every rate is self-reported and unverified. Second, the sample is self-selected: 14% of all reports come from California. Third, license is missing on 66 of 789 rows. These per-code reports describe this sample; additional reports can change the median and widen the range. How this data is collected and checked.