Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Outpatient

Group psychotherapy session in Charleston-North Charleston, SC

In Charleston-North Charleston, SC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Group psychotherapy session: from $82.50 to $449.50, with a median of $204.50.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 90853, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$82.50MUSC Medical Center
Median$204.50half pay less
Highest$449.50in this market
Difference5.4×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 Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

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Lowest $82.50Highest $449.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
MUSC Medical Center lowest Charleston, SC HB IOP-GROUP TX/ADULT $82.50 $165.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB PHP-1/2 DAY/STAR CHILDRENS/EAT DISORD $162.00 $324.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB IOP-GROUP/SA/COMMERICAL $174.50 $349.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB YOUTH INTENSIVE OP SERVICES $200.50 $401.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB PHP-GROUP THERAPY $208.50 $417.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB IOP-GROUP/FULL DAY/COMM $244.50 $489.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB IOP GROUP THERAPY 3 HOUR SESSION $257.50 $515.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC HB PHP-FULL DAY/STAR (CHILDRENS) $449.50 $899.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $82.50, median $204.50, highest $449.50 — a 5.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $204.50. 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.