Group therapy session cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 12 hospitals list a cash price for group psychotherapy session: from $97.39 to $764.00, with a median of $97.39. The lowest listed price is at Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park and 6 other hospitals. Across Texas, the median is $162.68 at 130 hospitals.
- The median here, $97.39, is 35% below the US median of $149.40.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($103.79).
- Austin, TX has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 11 cities for code 90853, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 21, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park lowest Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC DRUG AND ALCOHOL IOP/HALF DAY+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $97.39 | $162.32 | $89.28–$107.15 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway lowest Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC DRUG AND ALCOHOL IOP/HALF DAY+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $97.39 | $162.32 | $32.46–$342.00 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor lowest Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC PSYCHIATRIC HALF DAY IOP+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 12, 2026 · source file | $97.39 | $162.32 | $30.84–$342.00 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda lowest Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC DRUG AND ALCOHOL IOP/HALF DAY+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $97.39 | $162.32 | $19.48–$342.00 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville lowest Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC DRUG AND ALCOHOL IOP/HALF DAY+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $97.39 | $162.32 | $17.86–$342.00 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin lowest Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC DRUG AND ALCOHOL IOP/HALF DAY+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $97.39 | $162.32 | $30.84–$342.00 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock lowest Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC DRUG AND ALCOHOL IOP/HALF DAY+2 more lines at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $97.39 | $162.32 | $32.46–$342.00 | 40% |
| Ascension Seton Smithville Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 GRP PSYCHOTHERAPY PM IOP ADOL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $126.27 | $350.75 | $24.88–$67.29 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 GRP PSYCHOTHERAPY PM IOP ADOL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $126.27 | $350.75 | $24.88–$67.29 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 PROCESS GROUP THERAPY+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $159.93 | $444.25 | $24.88–$67.29 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX GRP PSYCHOTHERAPY PM IOP ADOL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $245.53 | $350.75 | $24.88–$67.29 | 30% |
| St. David's Medical Center Manor, TX · (512) 476-7111 IOP CD GRP (NOT FAMILY)+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $764.00 | $764.00 | $19.25–$514.94 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $97.39, median $97.39, highest $764.00 — a 7.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $97.39. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 7 of 12 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.
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