Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90846 Outpatient

Family therapy without the patient, 50 minutes in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Family therapy without the patient, 50 minutes: from $98.80 to $476.00, with a median of $219.25. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$98.80Stanford Health Care
Median$219.25half pay less
Highest$476.00in this market
Difference4.8×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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

median
Lowest $98.80Highest $476.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA Psychotherapy Fam Phd W/Out Patient Present $98.80 $247.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC CLN-PSY THER FAMILY 50MIN W/O PT $118.00 $472.00 75% Apr 1, 2026
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El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC PSY THER FAMILY 50 MIN W/O PT $118.00 $472.00 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Therapy Family WO Patient 26-50 Min $320.50 $641.00 50% Mar 31, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY W/O PATIENT PRESENT 50 MINS $476.00 $850.00 44%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY W/O PATIENT PRESENT 50 MINS $476.00 $850.00 44%
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Outpatient: lowest $98.80, median $219.25, highest $476.00 — a 4.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $118.00. 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.