Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90846 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Family therapy, no patient cost in St. Joseph, MO — inpatient

In St. Joseph, MO-KS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for family therapy without the patient, 50 minutes as an inpatient: from $191.25 to $191.25, with a median of $191.25. The lowest listed price is at Heartland Long Term Acute Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Missouri, the median is $234.00 at 17 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 90846, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 26, 2025 and Jun 23, 2026.

Lowest$191.25Heartland Long Term Acute Hospital + 1 more
Median$191.25half pay less
Highest$191.25in this market
Difference1.0×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 St. Joseph, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $191.25Highest $191.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Heartland Long Term Acute Hospital lowest St. Joseph, MO · (816) 271-6000 HC FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY W/O PATIENT PRESENT 50 MIN $191.25 $225.00 $90.00–$202.50 15% Jun 23, 2026
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Heartland Regional Medical Center lowest St. Joseph, MO · (816) 271-6000 HC FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY W/O PATIENT PRESENT 50 MIN $191.25 $225.00 $90.00–$202.50 15% Sep 26, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $191.25, median $191.25, highest $191.25.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $191.25 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.