Port St. Lucie, FL

Psychiatric care in Port St. Lucie

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

Cash-pay telehealth psychiatry for adults on the Treasure Coast — without driving south to find a specialist.

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

Psychiatric care in Port St. Lucie 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 Port St. Lucie 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 Port St. Lucie.
Not prescribed
Controlled substances. No stimulants for ADHD and no benzodiazepines.
An aerial view of a Florida coastal community beside the water
The Treasure Coast from above

One of the fastest-growing cities in the country

Port St. Lucie has added tens of thousands of residents in a very short time, and specialty medical capacity has not kept pace. For psychiatric care that frequently means driving south toward Palm Beach or north to the bigger systems — forty-five minutes or more each way on I-95.

The population mix makes it sharper: a large retired community managing multiple medications, alongside a wave of younger families who arrived recently and have no established provider at all.

I’m Tyler Patten, a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner licensed in Florida. Appointments are by video: $175 for a full first hour, $65 for follow-ups, usually available within the week.

What psychiatric care costs in Port St. Lucie without insurance

A published flat price, cash-pay, with no insurance or Medicare billing involved.

VisitPrice
New patient evaluation — 60 minutes with Tyler$175
Follow-up visit — 20 minutes$65
Typical Port St. Lucie-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.

Reviewing what has accumulated

When several medications have been added over years by different providers, the useful appointment is the one where somebody has an hour to look at the whole list rather than renew it.

I don’t prescribe controlled substances — no stimulants, no benzodiazepines. Florida has a great many telehealth practices built around exactly that; this isn’t one of them.

Where something should continue, it continues. Where it shouldn’t, we taper slowly — never abruptly, and never without a plan.

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

Psychiatry in Port St. Lucie — common questions

Do I have to drive down I-95 for appointments?
No. Every appointment is by video from Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Fort Pierce, Jensen Beach or anywhere else in Florida.
Do you take Medicare or insurance?
No insurance of any kind is billed. Visits are $175 and $65, cash-pay.
I just moved here and have no provider. Can you take over prescribing?
Yes — that’s a common reason people book. Bring the names and doses to the first visit.
How soon can I be seen?
Usually within a week.
Do you prescribe controlled substances?
No, none at all.
How much does a psychiatrist cost in Port St. Lucie without insurance?
At a private practice in the Port St. Lucie 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 Florida

The Treasure Coast and the rest of Florida:

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

Care without the drive south

A full hour for $175, from anywhere in Port St. Lucie.

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