Idaho Falls, ID

Psychiatric care in Idaho Falls

Tyler Patten, APRN, PMHNP-BC — board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed in Idaho

Cash-pay telehealth psychiatry for adults in eastern Idaho — without a four-hour drive across the state.

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$175New patient, 60 min
$65Follow-up, 20 min
DaysNot months, to be seen
NoneReferral needed

Psychiatric care in Idaho Falls at a glance

New patient visit
$175 for a 60-minute evaluation.
Follow-up visit
$65 for 20 minutes.
Insurance
Not accepted. This is a cash-pay practice. Payment is collected after the appointment, not at booking.
Wait to be seen
Most new patients in Idaho Falls are seen within one week. No referral is required.
Provider
Tyler Patten, APRN, PMHNP-BC, a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
Licensed in
Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Florida. Adults 18 and over only.
Appointments
Telehealth only, by secure video. There is no physical office in Idaho Falls.
Not prescribed
Controlled substances. No stimulants for ADHD and no benzodiazepines.
Open fields and low hills under a wide sky in eastern Idaho
Eastern Idaho, toward the Tetons

Eastern Idaho’s hub, and the hub is stretched

Idaho Falls is the medical centre for an enormous, thinly populated stretch of eastern Idaho. People drive in from Rexburg, Blackfoot, Rigby, Salmon and further, which means local psychiatric capacity is absorbed long before it reaches everyone who needs it. When it’s full, the next real option is Boise — four hours west.

That geography is why so much psychiatric medication out here is managed in primary care and never formally reviewed. Not because anyone is careless, but because the specialist appointment is a day of driving.

I’m Tyler Patten, a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner licensed in Idaho. Video appointments: $175 for a full hour, $65 for follow-ups, usually available within the week.

What psychiatric care costs in Idaho Falls without insurance

Cash-pay and published, with no insurance company deciding what it costs.

VisitPrice
New patient evaluation — 60 minutes with Tyler$175
Follow-up visit — 20 minutes$65
Typical Idaho Falls-area private psychiatrist, first visit, out of pocket$250–$500
Typical follow-up, out of pocket$100–$250

Payment is collected after your appointment, not when you book. A valid card is kept securely on file and charged once the visit is complete. No insurance is billed, so there is no deductible to meet and no surprise bill weeks later.

Continuity, which distance usually breaks

Psychiatric medication gets right through follow-up, not through the first prescription. Twenty minutes on video every one to three months is something people out here can actually sustain.

I don’t prescribe controlled substances — no stimulants, no benzodiazepines. It’s a fixed policy, and better read here than discovered in your appointment.

Antidepressants, mood stabilizers, non-stimulant ADHD medication and non-habit-forming options for sleep and anxiety — adjusted deliberately, tapered deliberately.

DepressionAnxietyPanic attacksOCDMood disordersAdult ADHD (non-stimulant)Medication reviewsAntidepressant tapering

Psychiatry in Idaho Falls — common questions

Do you see people outside Idaho Falls?
Yes — Rexburg, Blackfoot, Rigby, Ammon, Pocatello and anywhere else in Idaho. The appointment is identical wherever you are.
How often are follow-ups?
Usually every one to three months once you’re stable, more often early on. Twenty minutes, $65.
Do you bill insurance or Medicare?
No. Every visit is cash-pay: $175 first, $65 after.
How fast can I get in?
Most new patients are seen within a week.
Can you prescribe stimulants?
No, and no benzodiazepines. Non-stimulant ADHD treatment only.
How much does a psychiatrist cost in Idaho Falls without insurance?
At a private practice in the Idaho Falls area, a first psychiatric evaluation paid out of pocket commonly runs $250 to $500, and follow-ups $100 to $250. At Affordable Psych it is a flat $175 for the 60-minute first visit and $65 for each 20-minute follow-up, with no insurance billed and nothing charged at the time of booking.

Also serving the rest of Idaho

Eastern Idaho and the rest of the state:

See the full Idaho page for statewide pricing, licensing and FAQs.

Care in eastern Idaho, without the drive

Sixty minutes for $175, from anywhere in Idaho Falls.

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