Quit-smoking counseling cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 23 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes: from $14.00 to $201.25, with a median of $75.92. The lowest listed price is at UCI Health-Orange — $61.92 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $73.36 at 73 hospitals.
Cash prices at 23 facilities across 17 cities for code 99406, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCI Health-Orange lowest Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB TOBACCO USE CESSATION ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENT 3-10 MINUTES | $14.00 | $35.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 SMKE/TOBAC CNSL 3-10MIN | $19.20 | $48.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN | $31.68 | $66.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN | $35.00 | $100.00 | $30.91–$1,668.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN | $46.56 | $97.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino, CA · (818) 995-5000 TUCC Counseling 3-10 minutes | $47.00 | $110.00 | $10.41–$110.00 | 57% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA · (310) 673-4660 SMOKING CESSATION COUNSELING | $47.00 | $100.14 | $10.41–$100.14 | 53% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks, CA · (818) 981-7111 TUCC Counseling 3-10 minutes | $47.00 | $110.00 | $10.41–$110.00 | 57% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Tobacco Cessation Intermed 3-10 Min | $47.00 | $216.31 | $10.41–$216.31 | 78% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Tobacco Cessation Asymptomatic 3-10 Min | $47.00 | $173.05 | $10.41–$216.31 | 73% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino, CA · (818) 995-5000 ER SMOK CESS COUN INTER >3MIN | $47.00 | $83.38 | $10.41–$110.00 | 44% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino, CA · (818) 995-5000 MCR ER SMOK CESS COUN INTER >3 | $47.00 | $83.38 | $10.41–$110.00 | 44% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN | $70.00 | $200.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN | $88.32 | $184.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Lakewood Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 SMKE/TOBAC CNSL 3-10MIN | $118.00 | $295.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $119.39 | $183.68 | $37.09–$42.66 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Tobacco Use Cessation Intermediate 3-10 Minutes | $201.25 | $201.25 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $14.00, median $75.92, highest $201.25 — a 14.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $75.92. 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 5 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 it is
Brief counseling to help quit smoking or vaping.
What the price covers
The price is for one session or evaluation.