Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Group psychotherapy session in Winston-Salem, NC — inpatient

In Winston-Salem, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Group psychotherapy session as an inpatient: from $67.00 to $71.00, with a median of $69.00. The lowest listed price is at North Carolina Baptist Hospital — $2.00 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $100.78 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90853, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.

Lowest$67.00North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Median$69.00half pay less
Highest$71.00in this market
Difference1.1×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 Winston-Salem, NC.

median
Lowest $67.00Highest $71.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
North Carolina Baptist Hospital lowest Bermuda Run, NC HC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY $67.00 $134.00 50% Oct 21, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC HC GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY $71.00 $142.00 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $67.00, median $69.00, highest $71.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $69.00 — 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.