Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Group therapy session cost in Culver City, CA — inpatient

In Culver City, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for group psychotherapy session as an inpatient: from $351.79 to $351.79, with a median of $351.79. Across California, the median is $282.00 at 104 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 90853, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 18, 2026 and Mar 18, 2026.

Lowest$351.79Southern California Hospital at Culver City
Median$351.79half pay less
Highest$351.79in 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 Culver City, CA.

median
Lowest $351.79Highest $351.79

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Southern California Hospital at Culver City lowest Culver City, CA GRP PSYCHTHRPY 60 MIN $351.79 $351.79 $246.25–$19,947.13 — Mar 18, 2026
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Southern California Hospital at Culver City lowest Culver City, CA GRP PSYTX TELE $351.79 $351.79 $246.25–$19,947.13 — Mar 18, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $351.79, median $351.79, highest $351.79.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $351.79 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.