Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Group psychotherapy session in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — inpatient

In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 7 hospitals list a cash price for Group psychotherapy session as an inpatient: from $38.00 to $255.50, with a median of $99.40. The lowest listed price is at Cambridge Health Alliance.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 5 cities for code 90853, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$38.00Cambridge Health Alliance
Median$99.40half pay less
Highest$255.50in this market
Difference6.7×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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.

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Lowest $38.00Highest $255.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Cambridge Health Alliance lowest Cambridge, MA Spec Group Therapy $38.00 $38.00
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Boston Medical Center Boston, MA HC Group Psychotherapy $64.35 $143.00 55%
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Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA HC Group Psychotherapy $77.00 $77.00
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Boston Medical Center South Brockton, MA HC Group Psychotherapy $88.89 $197.53 55%
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Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA HC Group Psychotherapy $99.40 $142.00 30%
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Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA HC Group Psychotherapy $99.40 $142.00 30%
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Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA HC Group Psychotherapy $111.60 $248.00 55%
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Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA HC Group Psychotherapy $124.60 $178.00 30%
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Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA HC Telemed Group Psychotherapy $255.50 $365.00 30%
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Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA HC Telemed Group Psychotherapy $255.50 $365.00 30%
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Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA HC Telemed Group Psychotherapy $255.50 $365.00 30%
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Inpatient: lowest $38.00, median $99.40, highest $255.50 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $99.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.