Psychiatric evaluation cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 16 hospitals list a cash price for psychiatric evaluation with medical services: from $92.40 to $567.61, with a median of $318.24. The lowest listed price is at UCI Health-Orange — $225.84 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $396.00 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 13 cities for code 90792, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 1, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCI Health-Orange lowest Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $92.40 | $231.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC PSYCHIATRIC DIAG EVAL W MED SVCS CDM | $159.36 | $332.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC PSYCH DIAG EVAL W MED SRVCS IOP CDM | $159.36 | $332.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC PSYCHIATRIC DIAG EVAL W MED SVCS CDM | $214.08 | $446.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC PSYCH DIAG EVAL W MED SRVCS IOP CDM | $214.08 | $446.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Psych Diag Eval W/Med Srvcs | $227.00 | $577.60 | $103.25–$577.60 | 61% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC PSYCHIATRIC DIAG EVAL W MED SVCS CDM | $236.95 | $677.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC PSYCH DIAG EVAL W MED SRVCS PHP/IOP CDM | $253.44 | $528.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC PSYCH DIAG EVAL W MED SRVCS IOP CDM | $253.44 | $528.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC PSYCHIATRIC DIAG EVAL W MED SVCS CDM | $253.44 | $528.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC EVAL W/MEDICAL SERVICES | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB PSYCH DIAG EVAL W/MED SRVCS | $567.61 | $873.24 | $200.06–$230.07 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $92.40, median $318.24, highest $567.61 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 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 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 it is
A psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatrist or nurse practitioner, with the option to prescribe medicine.
What the price covers
The price is for one session or evaluation.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90792 ($313.30). 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.
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CAHC PR 90792 PSYCH DIAG EVAL W MED SRVCS RHC | $3.10 | file |