ECT cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session as an inpatient: from $561.50 to $3,640.00, with a median of $3,268.40. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $2,706.90 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,040.75 at 54 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 90870, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY | $561.50 | $2,246.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Electroconvulsive Therapy | $2,896.80 | $7,242.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY | $3,640.00 | $6,500.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY | $3,640.00 | $6,500.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $561.50, median $3,268.40, highest $3,640.00 — a 6.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $3,268.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
ECT treats severe depression with a brief electric current to the brain under anesthesia.
What the price covers
The price is for one session or evaluation.