Reimbursement Rates-Prescribers make twice as much as non-prescribers

The following are reimbursement rates for mental health practitioners based on actual claims paid data from 2008. The vast majority of the practitioners in the sample were psychologists, social workers, and mental health counselors. Note the code 90805 is used exclusively by prescribers (psychiatrists and nurse practitioners) for a 20 minute med check.

Prescribing practitioners make about as much for a 20 minute session as non prescribers make for a 50 minute session.

CPT Code 90806 Sample size 14,940 $54.39
CPT Code 90801 Sample size 1950 $86.18
CPT Code 90804 Sample size 86 $31.15
CPT Code 90805 Sample size 148 $50.51