Group therapy session cost in Michigan City, IN — inpatient
In Michigan City-La Porte, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for group psychotherapy session as an inpatient: from $659.98 to $659.98, with a median of $659.98. The lowest listed price is at Franciscan Health Michigan City and 1 other hospital. Across Indiana, the median is $201.60 at 39 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90853, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Michigan City-La Porte, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franciscan Health Michigan City lowest Michigan City, IN · (219) 879-8511 Group Therapy Not Multi-Family | $659.98 | $3,173.00 | $79.56–$2,684.68 | 79% | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Michigan City LaPorte lowest La Porte, IN Group Therapy Not Multi-Family | $659.98 | $3,173.00 | $79.56–$2,684.68 | 79% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $659.98, median $659.98, highest $659.98.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $659.98 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 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.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90853 ($168.30). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Northwest Health-la Porte La Porte, INBH CHRG - PSYCH GROUP THERAPY | $0.01 | file |