Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 17 hospitals list a cash price for Psychotherapy session, 45 minutes: from $48.00 to $794.65, with a median of $213.12. The lowest listed price is at Regents of the University of California at Irvine Hospital.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 14 cities for code 90834, 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 | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine Hospital lowest Orange, CA HB PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $48.00 | $120.00 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 45 MIN CDM | $200.64 | $418.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC CRISIS TELEH 90834 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 45 MIN CDM | $200.64 | $418.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 45 MIN IOP CD/SA | $200.64 | $418.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYTX W PT 45 MIN IOP CDM | $200.64 | $418.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYTX W PT 45 MIN PHP/IOP CDM | $200.64 | $418.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 45MIN | $200.64 | $418.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYTX W PT 45 MIN IOP CDM | $212.64 | $443.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYTX W PT 45 MIN PHP/IOP CDM | $212.64 | $443.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 45MIN | $212.64 | $443.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC CD IOP TX IND PT 45MIN | $212.64 | $443.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC CRISIS TELEH 90834 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 45 MIN CDM | $212.64 | $443.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 45 MIN CDM | $212.64 | $443.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 45 MIN IOP CD/SA | $212.64 | $443.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYTX W PT 45 MIN IOP CDM | $213.12 | $444.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 45MIN | $213.12 | $444.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC CRISIS TELEH 90834 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 45 MIN CDM | $213.12 | $444.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 45 MIN CDM | $213.12 | $444.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 45 MIN IOP CD/SA | $213.12 | $444.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks, CA IND PSYC 45 MIN | $227.00 | $876.68 | 74% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA Hc Psychotherapy Patient &/ Family 45 Minutes | $227.00 | $1,061.86 | 79% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks, CA INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY | $227.00 | $658.00 | 66% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 45 MIN CDM | $250.95 | $717.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA INDIV THERAPY 45-50 MIN | $318.00 | $318.00 | — | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA INDIV TX NV W/MED 45-50MIN | $318.00 | $318.00 | — | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $318.24 | $612.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $318.24 | $612.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $318.24 | $612.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $318.24 | $612.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $318.24 | $612.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $318.24 | $612.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $318.24 | $612.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 45 MINUTES | $318.24 | $612.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA HB PSYCHOTHERAPY 45 MINUTES | $794.65 | $1,222.54 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $48.00, median $213.12, highest $794.65 — a 16.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $213.12. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This is an individual psychotherapy session of about 45 minutes (38 to 52 minutes). It is the most common therapy session length, used for talk therapy for conditions like anxiety and depression.
What the price covers
The price covers the therapy session. A first evaluation (90791) and any facility fee at a hospital-based clinic are billed separately.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90834 ($216.61). 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.
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CAHC LA PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENT &/ FAMILY PER MIN | $2.10 | file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CAHC CRISIS TELEH 90834 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 45 MIN CDM | $3.10 | file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CAHC CRISIS PHONE 90834 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 45 MIN CDM | $3.10 | file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CAHC LA PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENT &/ FAMILY PER MIN | $3.10 | file |