ECT cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session: from $1,421.16 to $2,552.20, with a median of $1,421.16. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey and 8 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $2,401.00 at 65 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,421.16, is 32% above the US median of $1,074.00.
- That is 1.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($877.34).
- Los Angeles, CA has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 11 cities for code 90870, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 3, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey lowest Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay lowest Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles lowest Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City lowest Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park lowest Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA lowest Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills lowest Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim lowest Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine lowest Irvine, CA · (714) 279-4000 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,421.16 | $2,733.00 | — | 48% |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,666.08 | $3,471.00 | — | 52% |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,726.08 | $3,596.00 | — | 52% |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Electroconvulsive Therapy File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,973.00 | $1,973.00 | — | — |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,552.20 | $7,292.00 | — | 65% |
Outpatient: lowest $1,421.16, median $1,421.16, highest $2,552.20 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $1,421.16. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What ECT is, what the price covers and why prices differ: ECT explained.