Crisis therapy cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 19 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy for crisis, first 60 minutes: from $212.64 to $613.00, 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 71 hospitals.
- The median here, $342.16, is 34% above the US median of $254.84.
- That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
- Los Angeles, CA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 19 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 19 facilities across 16 cities for code 90839, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 3, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center lowest Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MIN CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $212.64 | $443.00 | — | 52% |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MIN CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $214.08 | $446.00 | — | 52% |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MIN CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $215.04 | $448.00 | — | 52% |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA · (714) 827-3000 Hc Psychotherapy For Crisis Initial 60 Minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $577.60 | $38.01–$577.60 | 61% |
| Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove, CA · (714) 537-5160 Hc Psychotherapy For Crisis Initial 60 Minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $577.60 | $38.01–$577.60 | 61% |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Psychotherapy For Crisis Initial 60 Minutes File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $577.60 | $38.01–$577.60 | 61% |
| Catalina Island Medical Center Avalon, CA · (310) 510-0700 Psychotherapy for crisis, first hour File of Jul 20, 2026 · source file | $274.40 | $392.00 | $93.00–$514.61 | 30% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine Irvine, CA · (714) 279-4000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.16 | $658.00 | — | 48% |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MIN CDM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $365.75 | $1,045.00 | — | 65% |
| Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Sun Valley, CA · (818) 767-3310 Psytx Crisis,60 Min(30-74 Min) source file | $489.00 | $489.00 | $182.00–$489.00 | — |
| Childrens Hospital at Mission - Cerner Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 365-2408 HC PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $613.00 | $613.00 | $38.01–$613.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $212.64, median $342.16, highest $613.00 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 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 4 of 6 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 crisis therapy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Crisis therapy explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90839 ($246.38). 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 FOR CRISIS INI PER MIN | $3.10 | file |