Idaho is a big state with very few psychiatric providers outside the cities. Telehealth means the drive doesn’t decide whether you get care.
Cash-pay telehealth psychiatric care for adults across Idaho — the Treasure Valley, the Magic Valley, eastern Idaho and the Panhandle. Flat prices, no insurance, and no four-hour drive to see a prescriber.
Book Your Appointment →By national workforce data, Idaho has fewer psychiatrists per resident than any other state — roughly one for every 16,000 people. Most of them are in Boise and the surrounding Treasure Valley. Large parts of the state are federally designated mental health professional shortage areas, and in much of rural Idaho the nearest psychiatric prescriber is hours away.
In practice that means long waits in the cities and long drives everywhere else. Families in the Panhandle often look across the state line to Spokane; people in eastern Idaho drive to Idaho Falls or Pocatello, or into Utah. Primary care providers end up managing psychiatric medications they would rather hand off.
Affordable Psych is licensed in Idaho and sees adults by secure video: $175 for a 60-minute first visit, $65 for 20-minute follow-ups, no insurance and no referral required.
Idaho is a big state with very few psychiatric providers outside the cities. Telehealth means the drive doesn’t decide whether you get care.
Pick a time that works for you. Most new patients are seen within two weeks, with no referral needed.
Meet with Tyler Patten, PMHNP-BC, from home for a thorough 60-minute evaluation.
20-minute follow-ups keep your treatment plan on track, with prescriptions sent electronically to your pharmacy.
Treatment starts with a full evaluation. Because so many Idahoans have been treated only in primary care, we often see anxiety and depression that were never fully worked up, and mood episodes that were treated as depression alone. Read more about our anxiety treatment, depression treatment and bipolar disorder treatment.
If you live in a rural county, you may have been told the nearest psychiatric provider is two hours away and not taking new patients. A video visit removes the drive, the time off work and the gas money. Prescriptions go electronically to the pharmacy you already use, and lab work, when it’s needed, can be drawn close to home.
From Coeur d’Alene to Pocatello, every visit is by video, so the town doesn’t change the care or the price. These pages cover local distances, costs and common questions.
Book a visit with Tyler Patten, PMHNP-BC, from anywhere in Idaho. Most new patients are seen within two weeks.
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