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Psychotherapy, 30 minutes in Los Angeles, CA costs $2 to $681. Here's every hospital's price.

21 hospitals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area publish a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, 21 hospitals list a cash price for psychotherapy, 30 minutes (CPT 90832). The lowest is $2 at Saint John's Health Center, the median is $227 and the highest is $681 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 324 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Los Angeles, CA median of $227 is 25% above the national median of $181 across 340 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

24 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $19 to $866. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between July 2024 and September 2026. 71 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$2
lowest cash price in Los Angeles, CA
Saint John's Health Center · 18 mi
$225 below the median
$227
median cash price
21 hospitals
324×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
21/100
hospitals with a cash price
71 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Saint John's Health Center

Santa Monica · 18 mi · File Apr 2026

$2
list $6 · lowest of 45 lines
2
UCI Health-Orange

Orange · 28 mi · File Apr 2026

$36
list $91 · lowest of 4 lines
3
Providence St. Joseph Hospital

Orange · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$99
list $124 · lowest of 9 lines
4
Providence Mission Hospital

Mission Viejo · 48 mi · File Apr 2026

$144
list $301 · lowest of 70 lines
5
Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$165
list $343 · lowest of 50 lines
6
L A Downtown Medical Center

Los Angeles · 5 mi · Older file Jul 2024

$180
list $180
7
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro

San Pedro · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

$183
list $522 · lowest of 10 lines
8
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley

Sun Valley · 15 mi · File Nov 2025

$213
list $213 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center

Garden Grove · 28 mi · File Sep 2026

$227
list $849
10
West Anaheim Medical Center

Anaheim · 22 mi · File Sep 2026

$227
list $943
11
Huntington Beach Hospital

Huntington Beach · 30 mi · File Sep 2026

$227
list $943
12
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital

La Palma · 20 mi · File Sep 2026

$227
list $943
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 90832. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 90832, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About psychotherapy, 30 minutes

CPT 90832 is a 30-minute individual psychotherapy session (16 to 37 minutes under the billing rules) with a psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed therapist or social worker. It is the shortest standard therapy session, often used for brief follow-ups or combined with medication management.

What the price covers

The session itself. When a hospital lists this code, it is the price at a hospital-owned behavioral health clinic, which may include a facility fee. Medication management by a psychiatrist in the same visit is a separate code.

Session lengths

  • 90832: 30 minutes (this page)
  • 90834: 45 minutes
  • 90837: 60 minutes

Most weekly therapy is billed as 90834 or 90837.

Why prices vary

Hospital-based therapy is usually more expensive than private practice because of facility fees. Many therapists in private practice offer sliding-scale cash rates that undercut hospital prices substantially; community mental health centers charge by income.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 90832, and is there a facility fee?
  • Is a sliding scale available?
  • Will medication management be billed separately?

Hospitals in Los Angeles, CA without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask