Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Outpatient

Group psychotherapy session in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Group psychotherapy session: from $40.05 to $186.40, with a median of $40.05. The lowest listed price is at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 90853, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$40.05Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
Median$40.05half pay less
Highest$186.40in this market
Difference4.7×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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

median
Lowest $40.05Highest $186.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital lowest Baltimore, MD TPsy Grp Ther 15 min $40.05 $40.87 2%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD TPsy Group Therapy 15 mins $40.05 $40.87 2%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD PSY GROUP THERAPY 15MIN $40.05 $40.87 2%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD PM TPsy Group Therapy 15 min $40.05 $40.87 2%
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD PM PSY GROUP THERAPY 15MIN $40.05 $40.87 2%
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The Kennedy Krieger Institute Baltimore, MD HC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY, EA 30 MIN $186.40 $233.00 20%
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Outpatient: lowest $40.05, median $40.05, highest $186.40 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $40.05. 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

Group psychotherapy is therapy with a clinician and several patients together, usually for 60 to 90 minutes. It is used for issues like depression, anxiety, substance use and grief.

What the price covers

The price covers one person's participation in one group session. Individual sessions or evaluations are billed separately.