Quit-smoking counseling cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 19 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes: from $15.00 to $146.00, with a median of $49.44. The lowest listed price is at Palo Verde Hospital — $34.44 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $73.36 at 147 hospitals.
- The median here, $49.44, is 24% above the US median of $39.79.
- That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($38.28).
- Riverside, CA has the lowest median of 4 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 5 of 19 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 19 facilities across 16 cities for code 99406, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 25, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Verde Hospital lowest Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 99406 Smoking/Tobacco Cessation Counseling; 3-10 Min File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $15.00 | $20.00 | — | 25% |
| St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 TOBACCO COUNSELING 3-10MN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $20.08 | $61.00 | $10.41–$6,367.00 | 67% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC Behav Chng Smoking 3-10min File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $23.86 | $95.00 | $10.41–$1,160.00 | 75% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC SMOKING/TOBACCO VISIT 3-10 MIN File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $41.40 | $92.00 | $16.65–$158.00 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC SMOKING CESSATION 3 - 10 MIN File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $44.10 | $98.00 | $17.49–$83.30 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC SMOKING CESSATION 3 - 10 MIN File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $44.10 | $98.00 | $17.91–$824.00 | 55% |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Tobacco Cessation Asymptomatic 3-10 Min+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $47.00 | $195.75 | $10.41–$195.75 | 76% |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Tobacco Cessation Asymptomatic 3-10 Min+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $47.00 | $195.75 | $10.41–$195.75 | 76% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC SMOKING/TOBACCO VISIT 3-10 MIN File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $47.70 | $106.00 | $17.91–$824.00 | 55% |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 TOBACCO COUNSELING 3-10MN File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $47.83 | $123.00 | $10.41–$16,853.00 | 61% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $49.44 | $103.00 | — | 52% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Smoking/Tobacco Visit 3-10 Min+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $75.92 | $75.92 | $13.37–$75.92 | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $75.92 | $146.00 | — | 48% |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 ED-SMOKING CESSATION ADVISED 3MIN File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $87.00 | $87.00 | $10.41–$251.00 | — |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 ER-TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTER 3-10MIN File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $106.00 | $106.00 | $10.41–$200.00 | — |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 ER-TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTER 3-10MIN File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $106.00 | $106.00 | $10.41–$200.00 | — |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 PF-SMOKING TABACCO CESSATION 3-10MIN File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $111.00 | $111.00 | $10.41–$251.00 | — |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $146.00 | $146.00 | $13.37–$105.85 | — |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 SMOKING/TOBACCO COUNSELING 3-10 MIN File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $159.00 | $159.00 | $10.41–$200.00 | — |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 SMOKING/TOBACCO COUNSELING 3-10 MIN File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $159.00 | $159.00 | $10.41–$200.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $15.00, median $49.44, highest $146.00 — a 9.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 17 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 11 of 13 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 quit-smoking counseling is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Quit-smoking counseling explained.