Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Group psychotherapy session in St. Louis, MO-IL — inpatient

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Group psychotherapy session as an inpatient: from $44.62 to $132.56, with a median of $56.25. The lowest listed price is at Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 90853, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 24, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.

Lowest$44.62Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital
Median$56.25half pay less
Highest$132.56in this market
Difference3.0×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 St. Louis, MO-IL.

median
Lowest $44.62Highest $132.56

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital lowest Maryland Heights, MO Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple family group) $44.62 $55.77 20% Apr 24, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Group Psychotherapy $56.25 $75.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Group Psychotherapy $56.25 $75.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Group Psychotherapy $56.25 $75.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Group Psychotherapy $56.25 $75.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities Washington, MO Group Psychotherapy $56.25 $75.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Group Psychotherapy $56.25 $75.00 25% Jun 12, 2026
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St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL HC THERAPY GROUP PSYCH $115.92 $161.00 28%
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St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL HC THERAPY GROUP PSYCH $130.32 $181.00 28%
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American Healthcare Systems Illinois LLC Granite City, IL PSYCH GROUP THERAPY $132.56 $220.94 40%
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Inpatient: lowest $44.62, median $56.25, highest $132.56 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $211.25 — 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.