Psychotherapy session, 60 minutes in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 17 hospitals list a cash price for Psychotherapy session, 60 minutes: from $70.40 to $908.17, with a median of $280.80. 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 90837, 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 60 MINUTES | $70.40 | $176.00 | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA Hc Psychotherapy W/Patient 60 Minutes | $227.00 | $577.60 | 61% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks, CA IND PSYC 60 MINUTES | $227.00 | $912.33 | 75% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 60 MIN CDM | $229.44 | $478.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC CRISIS TELEH 90837 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 60 MIN CDM | $229.44 | $478.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 60 MIN IOP CD/SA | $229.44 | $478.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN IOP CDM | $229.44 | $478.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN PHP/IOP CDM | $229.44 | $478.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 60MIN | $229.44 | $478.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 60 MIN IOP CD/SA | $254.88 | $531.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN IOP CDM | $254.88 | $531.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 60 MIN CDM | $254.88 | $531.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 60MIN | $254.88 | $531.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC CRISIS TELEH 90837 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 60 MIN CDM | $254.88 | $531.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 60 MIN CDM | $268.80 | $768.00 | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN PHP/IOP CDM | $280.80 | $585.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC CRISIS TELEH 90837 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 60 MIN CDM | $280.80 | $585.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 60 MIN IOP CD/SA | $280.80 | $585.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 60 MIN CDM | $280.80 | $585.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 60MIN | $280.80 | $585.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN IOP CDM | $280.80 | $585.00 | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA Psychotherapy, 60 minutes with patient and /or fam | $365.00 | $365.00 | — | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA HB PSYCHOTHERAPY 60 MINUTES | $908.17 | $1,397.19 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $70.40, median $280.80, highest $908.17 — a 12.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $280.80. 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 60 minutes (53 minutes or more). It is used when a longer session is needed for talk therapy, such as for trauma or complex issues.
What the price covers
The price covers the therapy time. A first evaluation (90791) and any facility fee in a hospital 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 90837 ($275.02). 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 90837 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 60 MIN CDM | $3.10 | file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CAHC CRISIS PHONE 90837 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 60 MIN CDM | $3.10 | file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CAHC LA PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENT &/ FAMILY PER MIN | $3.10 | file |