Grouport vs LifeStance Health
How Grouport and LifeStance Health differ on cost, insurance, medication and how you get a therapist, from each service's own pages.
- Updated monthly · checked Nov 4, 2026
Without insurance, Grouport costs $35/week ($140/month), averaging $23-$32 per session and LifeStance Health costs $200 to $445 per session. Grouport sells a recurring plan and LifeStance Health charges per session, so which costs less depends on how often you meet. Only LifeStance Health bills insurance in network. Only LifeStance Health prescribes controlled substances such as ADHD stimulants, when a clinician judges it appropriate.
- Grouport:
- Flat monthly online therapy (group, individual, couples, family, teen and intensive outpatient), self-pay, therapy only.
- LifeStance Health:
- In-network outpatient therapy and psychiatry group (hybrid in-person and virtual).
In common: both let you pick your therapist; both serve adults and teens.
What Grouport and LifeStance Health cost
Each price as the service's own page states it. Only two recurring plans are ranked against each other; a per-session price and an insurance copay never are.
Without insurance
Every self-pay price, side by sideGrouport sells a recurring plan and LifeStance Health charges per session, so which costs less depends on how often you meet.
Recurring plan: weekly plan billed monthly
With insurance
Online therapy by insurance planOnly LifeStance Health bills insurance in network.
In-network copay with commercial insurance
What else differs
Only where their own pages give different answers, each linked to the page that states it.
Medication
Online psychiatry, by prescribing policyOnly LifeStance Health prescribes controlled substances such as ADHD stimulants, when a clinician judges it appropriate.
Controlled substances: prescribed when appropriate
Who it serves
Free consultation
Only Grouport lists a free consultation.
Side by side
Plans named: Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, TRICARE, Kaiser Permanente (NorCal, Northwest, SoCal, Southeast and Washington plans), Humana (Medicare plans)
Blue marks the lower monthly price where every service compared sells a recurring plan; a per-session price and an insurance copay (set by your plan) are never ranked. Attributes (matching, session types, ages, coverage, insurance, financial aid) are from each service's own pages or, where a service does not publish them, a recent independent review, last verified 2026-11-04; open a service for its source. Reported improvement is from that service's OWN published study (different populations, durations, and formats), shown with its study as a guide and never crowned a cross-study winner. These are facts, not a recommendation: the right choice depends on your goal, your insurance, and your therapist.