Psychiatric evaluation cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for mental health diagnostic evaluation (intake), without medical services: from $62.22 to $348.14, with a median of $255.37. The lowest listed price is at Community Hospital of San Bernardino — $193.15 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $383.35 at 111 hospitals.
- The median here, $255.37, is about the same as the US median of $257.70.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
- Riverside, CA has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 90791, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino lowest San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 PSYCH DX EVAL 15 MIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $62.22 | $160.00 | $40.00–$16,853.00 | 61% |
| Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands, CA HC PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION File of Aug 31, 2026 · source file | $67.50 | $150.00 | $82.50–$228.29 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $67.50 | $150.00 | $30.00–$1,570.00 | 55% |
| Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CA · (909) 335-5500 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file | $115.68 | $482.00 | $96.40–$1,312.66 | 76% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 PSYCH DX EVAL 30 MIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $124.43 | $320.00 | $80.00–$16,853.00 | 61% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 PSYCH DX EVAL 45 MIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $186.64 | $480.00 | $120.00–$16,853.00 | 61% |
| Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 TELEHEALTH INITIAL PSYCH+1 more line at this price File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file | $192.50 | $275.00 | $107.25–$247.50 | 30% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 PSYCH DX EVAL 60 MIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $248.86 | $640.00 | $146.97–$16,853.00 | 61% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $271.35 | $603.00 | $120.60–$1,012.39 | 55% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 PSYCH DX EVAL 90 MIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $311.07 | $800.00 | $146.97–$16,853.00 | 61% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Psych Diag Interview Exam Init+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $348.14 | $348.14 | $163.08–$348.14 | — |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Psych Diagnostic Evaluation+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $415.83 | $415.83 | $163.08–$415.83 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $62.22, median $255.37, highest $348.14 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $318.24. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 5 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. 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 psychiatric evaluation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Psychiatric evaluation explained.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90791 ($273.65). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino County Colton, CAHC MD MHS ASSESSMENT (331) | $21.00 | file |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CAHC NON-MD MHS ASSESMENT (331) | $21.00 | file |