Crisis therapy cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy for crisis, first 60 minutes: from $593.60 to $687.00, with a median of $593.60. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City and 9 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $342.16 at 71 hospitals.
- The median here, $593.60, is 133% above the US median of $254.84.
- That is 3.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
- San Francisco, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 10 cities for code 90839, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 31, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City lowest Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro lowest San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek lowest Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond lowest Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont lowest Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael lowest San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus lowest Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco lowest San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco lowest South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch lowest Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR CRISIS INITIAL 60 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.60 | $1,060.00 | — | 44% |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG PSYCHOTHERAPY CRISIS INIT 60MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $687.00 | $687.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG PSYCHOTHERAPY CRISIS INIT 60MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $687.00 | $687.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $593.60, median $593.60, highest $687.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $593.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What crisis therapy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Crisis therapy explained.