Therapy session, 30 min cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 29 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy session, 30 minutes: from $36.40 to $693.45, with a median of $318.24. The lowest listed price is at UCI Health-Orange — $281.84 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $318.24 at 117 hospitals.
- The median here, $318.24, is 89% above the US median of $168.38.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
- Los Angeles, CA ranks 3rd of 4 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 7 of 29 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 29 facilities across 23 cities for code 90832, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Oct 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCI Health-Orange lowest Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36.40 | $91.00 | — | 60% |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 30 MIN CDM+5 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $105.12 | $219.00 | — | 52% |
| St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA · (562) 491-9000 PSYCHOTHER PAT 16-37 MIN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $112.92 | $261.00 | $60.34–$1,665.00 | 57% |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC PSYTX W PT 30 MIN PHP/IOP CDM+6 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $144.48 | $301.00 | — | 52% |
| Catalina Island Medical Center Avalon, CA · (310) 510-0700 Psychotherapy, 30 minutes File of Jul 20, 2026 · source file | $146.30 | $209.00 | $39.00–$209.00 | 30% |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC CD PHP TX IND PT 30MIN+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $164.64 | $343.00 | — | 52% |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 30 MIN CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $182.70 | $522.00 | — | 65% |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA · (714) 827-3000 Hc Psytx Pt&/Family 30 Minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $943.33 | $18.98–$943.33 | 76% |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Psytx Pt&/Family 30 Minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $943.33 | $18.98–$943.33 | 76% |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks, CA · (818) 981-7111 INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY 30MIN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $525.00 | $18.98–$525.00 | 57% |
| Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove, CA · (714) 537-5160 Hc Psytx Pt&/Family 30 Minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $849.49 | $18.98–$849.49 | 73% |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 30 MIN CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $236.95 | $677.00 | — | 65% |
| Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Sun Valley, CA · (818) 767-3310 Psychotherapy, 30 min source file | $257.00 | $257.00 | $129.00–$284.00 | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine Irvine, CA · (714) 279-4000 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 30 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $612.00 | — | 48% |
| Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital Norwalk, CA · (310) 532-4200 INDIV PSYCHOTHERAPHY 30 MIN File of Feb 4, 2026 · source file | $393.75 | $393.75 | $69.19–$473.71 | — |
| Childrens Hospital at Mission - Cerner Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 365-2408 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY INDIVIDUAL 30 MN File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $417.00 | $417.00 | $52.87–$417.00 | — |
| Childrens Hospital at Mission - Cerner Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 365-2408 HC CRISIS TELEH 90832 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 30 MIN CD File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $461.00 | $461.00 | $52.87–$461.00 | — |
| Chapman Global Medical Center Orange, CA · (714) 633-0011 PSYCHOTHERAPY 30MIN W-PATIENT File of May 6, 2026 · source file | $520.00 | $520.00 | $52.87–$520.00 | — |
| Orange County Global Medical Center Santa Ana, CA · (714) 953-3500 PSYCHOTHERAPY 30MIN W-PATIENT File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $520.00 | $520.00 | $52.87–$520.00 | — |
| Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare Pomona, CA · (909) 596-7733 Psychotherapy, 30 minutes File of Oct 5, 2026 · source file | $568.23 | $437.10 | $75.84–$594.46 | -30% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB PSYCHOTHERAPY 30 MINUTES File of Nov 26, 2025 · source file | $681.13 | $1,047.89 | $200.06–$230.07 | 35% |
| Southern California Hospital at Van Nuys D/P Aph Van Nuys, CA · (323) 462-2271 PSYTX W PT 30 MINS.+2 more lines at this price File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $693.45 | $693.45 | $52.87–$596.37 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $36.40, median $318.24, highest $693.45 — a 19.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 22 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 9 of 14 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 therapy session, 30 min is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Therapy session, 30 min explained.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90832 ($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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CAHC LA PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENT&/ FAMILY PER MIN | $2.10 | file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CAHC LA PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENT&/ FAMILY PER MIN | $3.10 | file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CAHC CRISIS PHONE 90832 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 30 MIN CDM | $3.10 | file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CAHC CRISIS TELEH 90832 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 30 MIN CDM | $3.10 | file |