Psychiatric evaluation Cost in Cincinnati, OH (2026)

Prices at 5 hospitals in Cincinnati, OH, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $323 — 20% above the US median ($269), roughly 1.7× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Christ Hospital	Cincinnati, OH	$134	$148	★ 5/5	163 min	14.0%
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc	Cincinnati, OH	$192	$229	★ 3/5	276 min	15.9%
Good Samaritan Hospital	Cincinnati, OH	$323	—	★ 4/5	157 min	14.3%
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati, OH	$357	$460	—	—	—
Bethesda North	Cincinnati, OH	$365	—	★ 3/5	151 min	15.5%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated August 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$431

Cash / self-pay

$323

Insurer-negotiated

$229

Medicare pays

$188

$157$362

Median cash $323 · Medicare $188 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $323 — about 1.7× the Medicare rate ($188). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($375).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $431 list price could save about $108 (25%).

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Doctors who perform this in Cincinnati

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Timothy Sigward, PHD	Psychologist, Clinical	Cincinnati, OH	134
Marta Pisarska, MD	Psychiatry	Cincinnati, OH	101
Brandi Baldwin, NP	Nurse Practitioner	Cincinnati, OH	85
Jerome Gabis, PSYD	Psychologist, Clinical	Cincinnati, OH	73
Van Pham, PSYD	Psychologist, Clinical	Cincinnati, OH	58
Samuel Greenstein, M.D.	Psychiatry	Cincinnati, OH	56
Brian Mckibben, LISW-S	Licensed Clinical Social Worker	Cincinnati, OH	52
Pamela Larkins, PMHNP	Psychiatry	Cincinnati, OH	52
Dawn Bouman, PHD	Psychologist, Clinical	Cincinnati, OH	50
Carla Antenucci, PSYD	Psychologist, Clinical	Cincinnati, OH	48
Alfredo Rivera, MD	Psychiatry	Cincinnati, OH	43
Jonathan Bernfeld, MD	Psychiatry	Cincinnati, OH	42

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