Group therapy session cost in Washington, DC
In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 12 hospitals list a cash price for group psychotherapy session: from $99.16 to $526.83, with a median of $142.00. The lowest listed price is at Frederick Health Hospital — $42.84 less than the median here. Across District of Columbia, the median is $258.45 at 3 hospitals.
- The median here, $142.00, is 5% below the US median of $149.40.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($103.79).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 10 cities for code 90853, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 30, 2024 and Apr 2, 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Health Hospital lowest Frederick, MD · (240) 566-3300 PPHP GROUP THERAPY 30min+1 more line at this price File of Mar 17, 2025 · source file | $99.16 | $101.18 | $99.16–$101.18 | 2% |
| Children's National Hospital Washington, DC · (202) 476-5000 90853 Grp Psychothrpy (Excl Mult-Family Grp) File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $116.00 | $232.00 | $30.69–$160.78 | 50% |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA · (703) 858-6600 HC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY NON FAMILY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $142.00 | $284.00 | $92.50–$398.92 | 50% |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 664-7105 HC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY NON FAMILY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $142.00 | $284.00 | $92.50–$398.92 | 50% |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 504-3167 HC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY NON FAMILY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $142.00 | $284.00 | $92.50–$398.92 | 50% |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA · (703) 391-4170 HC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY NON FAMILY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $142.00 | $284.00 | $92.50–$398.92 | 50% |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · (703) 698-1110 HC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY NON FAMILY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $142.00 | $284.00 | $92.50–$398.92 | 50% |
| Frederick Health Hospital Frederick, MD · (240) 566-3300 PPHP GROUP THERAPY 45min+1 more line at this price File of Mar 17, 2025 · source file | $148.78 | $151.82 | $148.78–$151.82 | 2% |
| MedStar Montgomery Medical Center Olney, MD · (301) 774-8882 GROUP PSY TX+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $159.88 | $163.14 | $159.88–$163.14 | 2% |
| Frederick Health Hospital Frederick, MD · (240) 566-3300 IOP GROUP THERAPY 60min+1 more line at this price File of Mar 17, 2025 · source file | $198.31 | $202.36 | $198.31–$202.36 | 2% |
| Stafford Hospital Stafford, VA · (540) 741-9000 Group psychotherapy File of Dec 30, 2024 · source file | $200.00 | $400.00 | $85.00–$824.00 | 50% |
| Mary Washington Hospital Fredericksburg, VA · (540) 741-1100 Group psychotherapy File of Dec 30, 2024 · source file | $200.00 | $400.00 | $85.00–$824.00 | 50% |
| MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · (202) 877-7000 GROUP PSY TX+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $258.45 | $397.62 | $115.31–$337.98 | 35% |
| Frederick Health Hospital Frederick, MD · (240) 566-3300 IOP GROUP THERAPY 90min+1 more line at this price File of Mar 17, 2025 · source file | $297.46 | $303.53 | $297.46–$303.53 | 2% |
| MedStar Georgetown Hospital Northwest Washington, DC · (202) 784-3000 GRP PSYCHOTHERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $526.83 | $810.51 | $226.94–$729.46 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $99.16, median $142.00, highest $526.83 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $142.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 12 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.
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