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Arizona Medicaid FFS psychotherapy rates

Official AHCCCS FFS Physician amounts for the therapy codes on the state file, next to Medicare and the published UnitedHealthcare median. Aetna, Anthem, and Medicaid health plan rates stay Coming soon.

Arizona Medicaid FFS is parsed from FFS Program Capped Fee Schedule, Final Physician Fee Schedule, General Rates, effective 2026-07-01 (FFY26 file dated 2026-08-10) (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System). File effective 2026-07-01. Last verified 2026-09-10. Official source.

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Last verified 2026-09-10 · file effective 2026-07-01. Psychiatric add-ons, age-band variants, and extra procedure types are cited on each rate page, not blended. See Methodology and Data Sources.

Official Arizona Medicaid FFS cells (FFS Program Capped Fee Schedule, Final Physician Fee Schedule, General Rates, effective 2026-07-01 (FFY26 file dated 2026-08-10), verified 2026-09-10)
CPTMedicaid FFSFacilityEffectiveCompare Medicare
CPT 90791
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation
$181.41$155.852026-07-01
verified 2026-09-10
90791 / Arizona
CPT 90792
Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services
$204.13$178.212026-07-01
verified 2026-09-10
90792 / Arizona
CPT 90832
Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient
$85.91$75.262026-07-01
verified 2026-09-10
90832 / Arizona
CPT 90834
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient
$113.25$99.052026-07-01
verified 2026-09-10
90834 / Arizona
CPT 90837
Psychotherapy, 60 minutes with patient
$167.92$146.972026-07-01
verified 2026-09-10
90837 / Arizona
CPT 90846
Family psychotherapy without the patient, 50 minutes
$107.57$107.212026-07-01
verified 2026-09-10
90846 / Arizona
CPT 90847
Family psychotherapy with the patient, 50 minutes
$112.18$111.832026-07-01
verified 2026-09-10
90847 / Arizona
CPT 90853
Group psychotherapy
$30.53$26.632026-07-01
verified 2026-09-10
90853 / Arizona

Source file: FFS Program Capped Fee Schedule, Final Physician Fee Schedule, General Rates, effective 2026-07-01 (FFY26 file dated 2026-08-10) from Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.

Not on the Arizona file we load: 90839.

How Arizona Medicaid compares with Medicare and UnitedHealthcare

In Arizona, Medicaid fee-for-service pays $167.92 for CPT 90837, from the AHCCCS FFS Physician file effective 2026-07-01. Medicare pays $165.67 in an office setting (CMS RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01), so Medicaid is 101.4% of the lowest Medicare amount in the state. The UnitedHealthcare (Optum Behavioral Health) median is $130.42, and the middle 80% of published UHC rates run from $99.40 to $178.23 (UHC price transparency file dated 2026-09-01).

Arizona: Medicaid FFS vs Medicare non-facility (CMS RVU26D) vs UnitedHealthcare median, by CPT code
CPTMedicaid FFSMedicareUHC medianMedicaid as % of Medicare
CPT 90837$167.92$165.67$130.42
middle 80%: $99.40 to $178.23
101.4%
CPT 90834$113.25$112.94$96.44
middle 80%: $73.06 to $150.00
100.3%
CPT 90791$181.41$171.88$149.12
middle 80%: $110.00 to $227.01
105.5%
CPT 90832$85.91$85.15$66.21
middle 80%: $42.24 to $103.56
100.9%

Percent of Medicare uses the lowest Medicare non-facility locality in Arizona. UnitedHealthcare figures are published negotiated rates (file dated 2026-09-01), not a Medicaid health plan rate. See UnitedHealthcare in Arizona.

Cite this: Parite, “Arizona Medicaid, Medicare, and UnitedHealthcare rates for therapy codes,” https://goparite.com/medicaid/arizona#compare, updated 2026-10-09.

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Questions

Which psychotherapy codes have official Arizona Medicaid FFS amounts?

Arizona Medicaid FFS is parsed for CPT 90791 $181.41; CPT 90792 $204.13; CPT 90832 $85.91; CPT 90834 $113.25; CPT 90837 $167.92; CPT 90846 $107.57; CPT 90847 $112.18; CPT 90853 $30.53. Not on the published file: 90839.

What is the Arizona Medicaid FFS amount for CPT 90837?

$167.92 (facility $146.97) from AHCCCS FFS Physician, effective 2026-07-01, last verified 2026-09-10.

What official file is the Arizona Medicaid FFS extract from?

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System: FFS Program Capped Fee Schedule, Final Physician Fee Schedule, General Rates, effective 2026-07-01 (FFY26 file dated 2026-08-10). Last verified 2026-09-10. MCO and commercial amounts are not copied from this FFS file.

Are Arizona Medicaid MCO or commercial rates in these tables?

This hub lists official Medicaid fee-for-service cells. Commercial price transparency percentiles and Medicaid MCO rates stay Coming soon.

How does Arizona Medicaid pay for 90837 compared with Medicare and UnitedHealthcare?

Arizona Medicaid fee-for-service pays $167.92 for CPT 90837, which is 101.4% of the lowest Arizona Medicare non-facility amount ($165.67, CMS RVU26D). The UnitedHealthcare median is $130.42 (78.7% of Medicare), from the UHC price transparency file dated 2026-09-01. Medicaid health plan and other commercial rates can differ.