Quit-smoking counseling cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes: from $25.75 to $103.20, with a median of $73.36. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $47.61 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $73.36 at 73 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 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 SMOKING CESSATION COUNSELING 3-10 MINUTE | $25.75 | $103.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $73.36 | $131.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES | $73.36 | $131.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Smok Cess Coun Inter >3min | $103.20 | $258.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Behav Chng Smoking 3-10 Min | $150.00 | $300.00 | $18.22–$50.65 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Behav Chng Smoking 3-10 Min | $150.00 | $300.00 | $36.91–$48.96 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $25.75, median $73.36, highest $103.20 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $73.36. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
Brief counseling to help quit smoking or vaping.
What the price covers
The price is for one session or evaluation.