Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90853 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Group psychotherapy session in Waterbury, CT — inpatient

In Waterbury, CT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Group psychotherapy session as an inpatient: from $109.88 to $185.90, with a median of $109.88. The lowest listed price is at UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 90853, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and May 13, 2026.

Lowest$109.88UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital
Median$109.88half pay less
Highest$185.90in this market
Difference1.7×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 Waterbury, CT.

median
Lowest $109.88Highest $185.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital lowest Waterbury, CT Partial PHP/IOP Medicaid 90853- 52 $109.88 $219.75 50% May 13, 2026
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UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, CT PHP/IOP Group Therapy 90853 $109.88 $219.75 50% May 13, 2026
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UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, CT Group Therapy 90853 $109.88 $219.75 50% May 13, 2026
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UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, CT PHP/IOP Group Therapy 90853 - GT $109.88 $219.75 50% May 13, 2026
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UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, CT PHP/IOP Group Therapy 90853 û 95 $109.88 $219.75 50% May 13, 2026
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Saint Marys Hospital Waterbury, CT HC Psychotherapy Group Therapy Msw $176.55 $321.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
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Saint Marys Hospital Waterbury, CT HC Psychotherapy Group Therapy $185.90 $338.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $109.88, median $109.88, highest $185.90 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $109.88 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90853 ($168.30). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, CTOP Group Therapy 90853 GT $0.50 file