Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Outpatient

Group psychotherapy session in Mason City, IA

In Mason City, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Group psychotherapy session: from $75.00 to $167.70, with a median of $121.35.

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 Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$75.00Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp.
Median$121.35half pay less
Highest$167.70in this market
Difference2.2×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 Mason City, IA.

median
Lowest $75.00Highest $167.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. lowest Mason City, IA PR Psychotherapy Group $75.00 $75.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. Mason City, IA HC Psychotherapy Group Therapy $167.70 $258.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $75.00, median $121.35, highest $167.70 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $121.35. 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.