Therapy session, 45 min cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 18 hospitals publish a cash price for psychotherapy session, 45 minutes: from $102.50 to $770.25, with a median of $212.55. The lowest price is at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center (Cades). The highest price is 7.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $212.55, is about the same as the US median of $212.90.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
- South Carolina ranks 28th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 90834. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$102.50MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
Median$212.55half of hospitals charge less
Highest$770.25in South Carolina
Lowest saves$110.05vs the median
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center lowest Cades · Cades, SC HB PSYCHOTHERAPY,45 MIN W PT/FAM | $102.50 | $205.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB PSYCHOTHERAPY,45 MIN W PT/FAM | $142.00 | $284.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence · Florence, SC HB PSYCHOTHERAPY,45 MIN W PT/FAM | $142.00 | $284.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB PSYCHOTHERAPY,45 MIN W PT/FAM | $142.00 | $284.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cherokee Medical Center Gaffney · Gaffney, SC Pbb Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes | $147.60 | $246.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pelham Medical Center Greer · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Pbb Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes | $147.60 | $246.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Spartanburg Hospital For Restorative Care Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC Pbb Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes | $147.60 | $246.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Spartanburg Medical Center Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC Pbb Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes | $147.60 | $246.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Union Medical Center Union · Spartanburg, SC Pbb Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes | $147.60 | $246.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Health Anderson · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes | $277.50 | $555.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Health Cannon Pickens · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes | $277.50 | $555.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Piedmont Piedmont · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Psychotherapy W/Patient 45 Minutes | $277.50 | $555.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R Edgefield · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HC Psychotherapy, 45 Min | $289.21 | $482.01 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood · Greenwood, SC HC Psychotherapy, 45 Min | $289.21 | $482.01 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Psychotherapy - Individual | $316.55 | $487.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville · Greenwood, SC HC Psychotherapy, 45 Min | $337.41 | $482.01 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Medical Center Fort Mill · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC PSY THRPY 45MIN PT | $770.25 | $1,027.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC PSY THRPY 45MIN PT | $770.25 | $1,027.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 4 | $147.60 | $277.50 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 3 | $147.60 | $147.60 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 2 | $142.00 | $229.28 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 2 | $770.25 | $770.25 |
| Greenwood, SC | 2 | $289.21 | $313.31 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1 | $289.21 | $289.21 |
| Cades, SC | 1 | $102.50 | $102.50 |
| Florence, SC | 1 | $142.00 | $142.00 |
| Gaffney, SC | 1 | $147.60 | $147.60 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $142.00 | $142.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What therapy session, 45 min is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Therapy session, 45 min explained.
Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes in other states
- Alabama$150.00
- Alaska$172.38
- Arizona$181.82
- Arkansas$154.24
- California$318.24
- Colorado$279.54
- Connecticut$262.81
- Delaware$379.78, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$298.76, 2 hospitals
- Florida$390.12
- Georgia$389.22
- Idaho$154.63
- Illinois$191.58
- Indiana$141.00
- Iowa$234.75
- Kansas$166.37
- Kentucky$180.05
- Louisiana$108.96
- Maine$174.24
- Maryland$230.42
- Massachusetts$250.50
- Michigan$213.35
- Minnesota$151.09
- Mississippi$139.75
- Missouri$191.10
- Montana$143.38
- Nebraska$207.00
- Nevada$322.00
- New Hampshire$906.50
- New Jersey$177.84
- New Mexico$158.70
- New York$261.67
- North Carolina$112.00
- North Dakota$258.40
- Ohio$267.00
- Oklahoma$276.42
- Oregon$195.82
- Pennsylvania$255.96
- Rhode Island$169.00
- South Dakota$294.40
- Tennessee$95.58
- Texas$274.50
- Utah$548.05
- Vermont$139.38
- Virginia$207.00
- Washington$181.83
- West Virginia$138.00
- Wisconsin$141.55
- Wyoming$255.15
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.