Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90846 Outpatient

Family therapy without the patient, 50 minutes in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Family therapy without the patient, 50 minutes: from $154.17 to $175.45, with a median of $154.17. The lowest listed price is at Harris Health.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$154.17Harris Health
Median$154.17half pay less
Highest$175.45in this market
Difference1.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.

median
Lowest $154.17Highest $175.45

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Harris Health lowest Taub Loop Houston, TX ECHG PROC PSYCHOTHERAPY FAMILY W/O PATIENT $154.17 $434.00 64%
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Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX ECHG PSY CLINIC -FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY W/O PT PRESENT 50 MINS $154.17 $434.00 64%
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Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX ECHG PSY FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY W/O PATIENT PRESENT 50 MINS $154.17 $434.00 64%
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Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG PROC PSYCHOTHERAPY FAMILY W/O PATIENT $154.17 $434.00 64%
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Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG PSY CLINIC -FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY W/O PT PRESENT 50 MINS $154.17 $434.00 64%
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Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG PSY FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY W/O PATIENT PRESENT 50 MINS $154.17 $434.00 64%
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Hsa St. Joseph LLC Houston, TX FAMILY PSYTX W/O PT 50 MIN $175.45 $389.23 55% Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $154.17, median $154.17, highest $175.45 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $154.17. 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.