Group psychotherapy session in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Group psychotherapy session: from $70.50 to $532.00, with a median of $70.50. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities 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.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA HC CLN-PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP | $70.50 | $282.00 | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC SHC-PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP | $70.50 | $282.00 | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC ASPIRE SKILLS AC GROUP | $70.50 | $282.00 | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP | $70.50 | $282.00 | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Special Group Therapy | $159.20 | $398.00 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY | $532.00 | $950.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY | $532.00 | $950.00 | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $70.50, median $70.50, highest $532.00 — a 7.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $70.50. 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.