Crisis therapy cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy for crisis, first 60 minutes: from $212.64 to $365.75, with a median of $342.16. The lowest listed price is at Mission Hospital Regional Med Center — $129.52 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $342.16 at 54 hospitals.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 13 cities for code 90839, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center lowest Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MIN CDM | $212.64 | $443.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MIN CDM | $214.08 | $446.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MIN CDM | $215.04 | $448.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Psychotherapy For Crisis Initial 60 Minutes | $227.00 | $577.60 | $38.01–$577.60 | 61% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MIN CDM | $365.75 | $1,045.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $212.64, median $342.16, highest $365.75 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $342.16. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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
Crisis psychotherapy is urgent therapy for a person in acute distress.
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 90839 ($297.75). 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 LA PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INI PER MIN | $3.10 | file |