Family therapy without the patient, 50 minutes in Altoona, PA
In Altoona, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Family therapy without the patient, 50 minutes: from $828.00 to $1,121.00, with a median of $974.50.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 90846, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Altoona, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Highlands Tyrone lowest Tyrone, PA FAMILY MED RX WO PATIENT | $828.00 | $828.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Penn Highlands Tyrone Tyrone, PA RHC FAMILY PSYTX W/O PT 50 MIN | $1,121.00 | $1,121.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $828.00, median $974.50, highest $1,121.00 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $974.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
Family psychotherapy without the patient present is a session of about 50 minutes where a therapist meets with family members to work on issues affecting the patient's treatment. It is often used in child and adolescent care.
What the price covers
The price covers the session with family members. Any separate individual sessions for the patient are billed on their own.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90846 ($228.17). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Penn Highlands Tyrone Tyrone, PA90846 Family Psychotherapy without Patient | $22.00 | file |