Psychological testing, 1st hour cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for psychological testing evaluation by a psychologist or physician, first hour: from $205.44 to $2,580.01, with a median of $673.40. The lowest listed price is at Mission Hospital Regional Med Center — $467.96 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $673.40 at 57 hospitals.
- The median here, $673.40, is 117% above the US median of $310.95.
- That is 3.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($220.60).
- Los Angeles, CA has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 11 cities for code 96130, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 3, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center lowest Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST EVAL QHP 1ST HR CDM+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $205.44 | $428.00 | — | 52% |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC TH PSY T/E MD/QHP 1STHR CRISIS+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $212.16 | $442.00 | — | 52% |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST EVAL QHP 1ST HR CDM+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $309.12 | $644.00 | — | 52% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Irvine Irvine, CA · (714) 279-4000 PSYCHOLOGICAL TST EVAL SVC PHYS/QHP FIRST HOUR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $673.40 | $1,295.00 | — | 48% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Surgical Group 1 File of Nov 26, 2025 · source file | $2,580.01 | $3,969.24 | $9,088.30–$13,492.72 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $205.44, median $673.40, highest $2,580.01 — a 12.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $673.40. 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 and 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 psychological testing, 1st hour is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Psychological testing, 1st hour explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 96130 ($306.83). 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 PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST EVAL QHP 1ST HR CDM | $3.10 | file |