Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Group therapy session cost in Visalia, CA — inpatient

In Visalia, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for group psychotherapy session as an inpatient: from $49.00 to $49.00, with a median of $49.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $278.00 at 105 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 90853, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 10, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$49.00Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital + 2 more
Median$49.00half pay less
Highest$49.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Visalia, CA.

median
Lowest $49.00Highest $294.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital lowest Visalia, CA 90853 Group Psychotherapy $49.00 $49.00 $41.65–$44.10 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Rehabilitation Hospital lowest St. Visalia, CA 90853 Group Psychotherapy $49.00 $49.00 $41.65–$44.10 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Medical Center lowest Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 90853 Group Psychotherapy $49.00 $49.00 $23.37–$49.00 — Jul 14, 2026
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Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital Visalia, CA Group Psychotherapy $294.00 $294.00 $249.90–$264.60 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 Group Psychotherapy $294.00 $294.00 $140.24–$294.00 — Jul 14, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $49.00, median $49.00, highest $49.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $49.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 3 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.