Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90837 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Psychotherapy session, 60 minutes in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — inpatient

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 15 hospitals list a cash price for Psychotherapy session, 60 minutes as an inpatient: from $70.40 to $365.00, with a median of $280.80. The lowest listed price is at Regents of the University of California at Irvine Hospital.

Cash prices at 15 facilities across 12 cities for code 90837, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 19, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$70.40Regents of the University of California at Irvine Hospital
Median$280.80half pay less
Highest$365.00in this market
Difference5.2×highest vs lowest

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.

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Lowest $70.40Highest $365.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

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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
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Regents of the University of California at Irvine Hospital Orange, CA HB PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $107.20 $268.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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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
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St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 60 MIN CDM $229.44 $478.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 60 MIN IOP CD/SA $229.44 $478.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN IOP CDM $229.44 $478.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN PHP/IOP CDM $229.44 $478.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 60MIN $229.44 $478.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 60 MIN IOP CD/SA $254.88 $531.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN IOP CDM $254.88 $531.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 60MIN $254.88 $531.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 60 MIN CDM $254.88 $531.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC CRISIS TELEH 90837 PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PT 60 MIN CDM $254.88 $531.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 60 MIN CDM $268.80 $768.00 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC CD PHP TX IND PT 60MIN $280.80 $585.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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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
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Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYCHOTH IND 60 MIN IOP CD/SA $280.80 $585.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYCHOTHERAPY W PT 60 MIN CDM $280.80 $585.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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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
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Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC PSYTX W PT 60 MIN IOP CDM $280.80 $585.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $342.16 $658.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $342.16 $658.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $342.16 $658.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $342.16 $658.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $342.16 $658.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $342.16 $658.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $342.16 $658.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY W/PATIENT 60 MINUTES $342.16 $658.00 48%
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Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center Los Angeles, CA Indv Psychotherapy 53 - 67 min $344.17 $344.17
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Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit Orange, CA Psychotherapy, 60 minutes with patient and /or fam $365.00 $365.00 Mar 19, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $70.40, median $280.80, highest $365.00 — a 5.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 17 facilities here, median $280.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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