Family therapy, no patient cost in California

In California, 86 hospitals publish a cash price for family therapy without the patient, 50 minutes: from $49.20 to $2,546.00, with a median of $343.58. The lowest price is at UCI Health-Orange (Orange). The highest price is 51.7× the lowest.

• The median here, $343.58, is 63% above the US median of $210.44.
• That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($181.34).
• California ranks 40th of 47 states by median, cheapest first.
• 21 of 86 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 90846. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map