# Psychiatric Care for Montebello Residents > Montebello residents see our psychiatric team in person in Long Beach or by secure video anywhere in California. Evaluation, diagnosis, medication management. **Source:** https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/psychiatrist-montebello/ **Provider:** Breakthrough Mental Health — Long Beach, CA (telehealth across CA) 1. [Home](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/) 2. Psychiatric Care for Montebello Residents Montebello, California Straight down the 710, about thirty-six minutes, and the 605 is the one to avoid. Psychiatric evaluation and medication management, in person or by secure video. [Request an appointment](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/book/)[Call (818) 286-3862](tel:+1-818-286-3862) *(image: A man in his forties beside his car in a sunlit driveway, one hand resting on the roof and keys in the other, looking off down the street)* In short ## Psychiatric care for Montebello Montebello is about twenty miles from our psychiatric office, roughly thirty-six minutes down the 710. We are a psychiatric practice rather than a counselling service, offering evaluation, diagnosis and medication management. Around fifty-five percent of working-age residents hold commercial insurance we contract with, and video visits reach anywhere in California. Our office 3646 Long Beach Blvd # 205, Long Beach, CA 90807 Hours Mon–Fri · 8 AM–6 PM (Pacific) Phone [(818) 286-3862](tel:+1-818-286-3862) [Get directions →](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=3646%20Long%20Beach%20Blvd%20%23%20205%2C%20Long%20Beach%2C%20CA%2090807) Telehealth available across California, with new locations coming to Northern California. What we do ## Psychiatric care for Montebello patients We are a psychiatric practice, not a therapy group and not a clinic directory. That means diagnosis, medication, and someone who keeps track of how you are actually doing over time. - ### [Psychiatry Services](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/psychiatry/) Comprehensive psychiatric care — diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing management led by a board-certified provider. - ### [Medication Management](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/medication-management/) Careful prescribing, monitoring, and adjustment of psychiatric medications to maximize benefit and minimize side effects. - ### [Psychiatric Evaluation](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/psychiatric-evaluation/) A thorough first assessment to understand your history and symptoms and build an accurate diagnosis and plan. ### What a first visit looks like A full psychiatric evaluation runs about an hour. We go through what brought you in, your history, what you have tried before and how it went, physical health and medications, and what you want to be different. You leave with a working diagnosis where one is clear, a plan, and a follow-up booked — not a referral to somewhere else. Follow-ups are shorter, usually every few weeks at first and further apart once things are steady. Medication changes are made deliberately, one at a time, so it stays possible to tell what is working. ### In person or by video, from Montebello Both are real options and the clinical care is the same. Video visits are secure and available anywhere in California, which for most people makes the first appointment in person and the routine follow-ups from home or on a work break. If getting here is the thing standing between you and treatment, take the video visit rather than skipping the care. That is what it is for. Care is provided by our psychiatric team — [Irine Achuamang, MSN, PMHNP-BC](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/providers/irine-achuamang/) and [Austina Cho, MD](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/providers/austina-cho/). Paying for care ## Where Montebello coverage usually lands Usually, yes. We are in network with 19 commercial carriers, including Aetna, Anthem, Beacon Health Options, Carelon, Cigna and others — you can check your own plan below before booking anything. That list includes TRICARE and TriWest, so service members, veterans and military families are billed like anyone else here. **We do not currently take Medi-Cal managed care.** If that is your coverage, we are a self-pay option rather than a covered visit, and it is better to know that now than at the front desk. Self-pay is $250 for a 60-minute initial psychiatric evaluation and $150 for a 30-minute follow-up visit, and there is a sliding scale — please ask. ### What that looks like in Montebello Local coverage data, so you can see roughly where you fall before you call: - Among Montebello adults aged 19 to 64, 48.6 percent hold employer-based coverage only and 6.7 percent buy a plan directly, putting 55.3 percent on commercial insurance. [source](https://api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/acs2024_5yr?table_ids=B27010&geo_ids=16000US0648816) - In the same age band 24.0 percent of Montebello residents rely on Medi-Cal or another means-tested public program and 16.1 percent have no coverage at all. [source](https://api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/acs2024_5yr?table_ids=B27010&geo_ids=16000US0648816) - Montebello has a population of 61,045 and a median household income of $79,971. [source](https://api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/acs2024_5yr?table_ids=B01003,B19013&geo_ids=16000US0648816) Accepted in-network ## In-network with your insurance We're in-network with most major plans, so care stays affordable. Not sure about yours? Verify your coverage in about a minute — or we'll gladly check it for you. No card to hand? Just leave your name and number — tick “look it up for me” and we'll do the checking. Self-pay & sliding-scale options are also available. Verify your coverage[or call (818) 286-3862](tel:+1-818-286-3862)or request a callback Plans we accept - *(image: Aetna insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Beacon Health Options insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Carelon Behavioral Health insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Cigna insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Evernorth (Cigna behavioral health) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: GEHA (Government Employees Health Association) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: HMC HealthWorks insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Independence Blue Cross (IBX) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Magellan Health insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: MultiPlan insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Optum insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Oscar Health insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Oxford Health Plans insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: TRICARE insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: TriWest Healthcare Alliance (TRICARE West) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: UMR (UnitedHealthcare) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: UnitedHealthcare insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* ## Paying out of pocket? Self-pay rates Clear, upfront self-pay rates — no surprises, no fine print. You’ll know the cost before your first visit. - Initial psychiatric evaluation $250/ 1 hour - Follow-up visit $150/ 30 min Sliding-scale options are available — just ask. [Request an appointment](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/book/) Montebello runs its own buses, and by the city’s own account it runs them better than almost anyone. Montebello Bus Lines started in 1931, when the city bought its transit operations back from the Motor Transit Company and began with four coaches out of a lot on Greenwood Avenue. The city now calls it the third largest municipal bus system in Los Angeles County, behind Long Beach Transit and Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus. Seven local routes, one express, 837 stops, 66 buses. It reaches Alhambra, Boyle Heights, Commerce, Monterey Park, Rosemead, Whittier and seven more. It does not reach Long Beach. The bus that runs along the street this office sits on is Long Beach Transit’s Route 51, which is a different city’s system entirely. The two networks never touch. So from here it is the freeway, and the freeway question has a clear answer. From City Hall on West Beverly Boulevard the 710 measured 19.8 miles and about 36 minutes when we checked on a Wednesday just after noon. The 60 westbound onto the same freeway ran 21.2 miles and roughly 37 minutes, and it was the only stretch in the sample Google marked as heavy traffic rather than the usual amount. The 605 is the one to leave alone: 24.7 miles and about 39 minutes, which is five extra miles to arrive three minutes later. We sampled one weekday late morning and did not sample the peaks, so if your appointment falls inside rush hour, treat these as a floor rather than a promise. On coverage, most people reading this will find the money question short. Just over 55 percent of working-age residents in Montebello hold commercial insurance, which is the coverage we contract with, so for a clear majority here the answer is simply yes. About 24 percent are on Medi-Cal or another means-tested program. We do not currently bill Medi-Cal, and that is a present-tense answer rather than a permanent one, tied to how the clinic grows. A further 16 percent have no coverage at all. If you are in either of those groups, self-pay at published rates with a sliding scale is sometimes workable and we will tell you quickly whether it is, and the county help line on (800) 854-7771 answers at any hour. Montebello sits in the county’s Service Area 7. What we actually do is narrower than the word psychiatry suggests to most people. We assess, we reach a working diagnosis, we prescribe, and then we monitor properly and change course when something is not working. We are not a counselling service and we do not offer weekly therapy. A lot of people need both halves, and when therapy is the half we cannot provide we say so at the first appointment rather than let you discover it three visits in. The city is 8.328 square miles holding a bit over 61,000 people, which is roughly 7,330 to the square mile: dense enough to be a real city, spread out enough that people here mostly drive. It was incorporated in October 1920 and describes itself as a diverse and multicultural community of around 60,000, a figure the census count supports. None of that tells you anything clinical, but it does tell you something about the drive. This is a place where a car is assumed, and when a person stops being able to face the drive, that is often the first practical sign that something has narrowed rather than a scheduling problem. The conditions we see most from this direction are anxiety that has stopped responding to the usual advice, mood that swings in both directions rather than only down, and the checking and repeating that people describe apologetically because they can already see it makes no sense. That last one matters: insight into how illogical a compulsion is stays intact in obsessive-compulsive disorder and does not make it any easier to stop, which is why people carry it privately for years before mentioning it to anyone. Here is the practical shape of it. Drive the 710 once, for the assessment, because an hour in a room gives a diagnosis something firmer to stand on than a screen does. After that, put the follow-ups on video. Thirty-six minutes each way is a genuine cost to pay every few weeks to confirm a dose is holding, and there is no clinical reason to pay it. If the drive itself is the obstacle, book the video visit from the start. It is not the lesser version of this. In a crisis, 988 answers by call or text at any hour, and the county line is (800) 854-7771. Getting here ## Travelling from Montebello Distances and times below are Google's, timed on a weekday at the hour each route note states, in the traffic it labels usual for that route. Allow longer at the peaks each note says were not sampled. ### By car - From Montebello City Hall on West Beverly Boulevard the quickest route was 19.8 miles and about 36 minutes on the 710, labelled fastest now due to traffic conditions, sampled at roughly 12.11pm on Wednesday 9 September 2026. The morning and evening peaks were not sampled. [google.com](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&origin=Montebello+City+Hall,+1600+W+Beverly+Blvd,+Montebello,+CA+90640&destination=3646+Long+Beach+Blvd,+Long+Beach,+CA+90807&travelmode=driving)checked 2026-09-09 - In the same sample the 60 westbound onto the 710 ran 21.2 miles in about 37 minutes and was the one route Google marked heavy traffic as usual, while the 605 measured 24.7 miles and about 39 minutes. [google.com](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&origin=Montebello+City+Hall,+1600+W+Beverly+Blvd,+Montebello,+CA+90640&destination=3646+Long+Beach+Blvd,+Long+Beach,+CA+90807&travelmode=driving)checked 2026-09-09 ### By transit - Montebello Bus Lines began in 1931, when the city bought its transit operations back from the Motor Transit Company and started with a fleet of four coaches from a lot on Greenwood Avenue. [montebelloca.gov](https://www.montebelloca.gov/departments/transit/about_us)checked 2026-09-09 - The city calls Montebello Bus Lines the third largest municipal bus system in Los Angeles County, behind Long Beach Transit and Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus, running 7 local routes and 1 express across 837 stops with 66 buses. [montebelloca.gov](https://www.montebelloca.gov/departments/transit/about_us)checked 2026-09-09 - Montebello Bus Lines serves Alhambra, Bell Gardens, Boyle Heights, Commerce, Downtown Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, La Mirada, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pico Rivera, Rosemead, South Gate and Whittier. Long Beach is not on that list. [montebelloca.gov](https://www.montebelloca.gov/departments/transit/about_us)checked 2026-09-09 - Montebello has no Metro rail station inside its city limits. The nearest is Atlantic Station on the E Line, about 2.4 straight-line miles from City Hall, and it stands on unincorporated county land rather than in any city. [gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/LACMTA/gtfs_rail/-/raw/master/stops.txt)checked 2026-09-09 - Long Beach Transit's Route 51 runs along Long Beach Boulevard, the street this office stands on. [ridelbt.com](https://ridelbt.com/route-51/)checked 2026-09-09 Local ## Other resources in Montebello These are listed because they are useful. We have no referral arrangement with any of them. - Montebello is one of the communities named in Service Area 7 of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. [dmh.lacounty.gov](https://dmh.lacounty.gov/about/service-areas/service-area-7/)checked 2026-09-09 - The county's mental health help line answers on (800) 854-7771 at any hour and can arrange service referrals or a crisis assessment. [dmh.lacounty.gov](https://dmh.lacounty.gov/get-help-now/)checked 2026-09-09 - Dialing or texting 988 connects to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline nationwide. [988lifeline.org](https://988lifeline.org/)checked 2026-09-09 Related ## Start here if you are still deciding - [Anxiety & Related Disorders](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/conditions/anxiety/) - [Bipolar & Related Disorders](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/conditions/bipolar/) - [Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/conditions/ocd/) - [Psychiatric Evaluation](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/psychiatric-evaluation/) - [Medication Management](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/medication-management/) - [Psychiatrist in Long Beach →](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/psychiatrist-long-beach/) - [All areas we serve →](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/locations/) ## Frequently asked questions Which freeway should I take from Montebello? The 710. It measured 19.8 miles and about 36 minutes on a Wednesday just after noon. The 60 onto the 710 came in at 21.2 miles and roughly 37, and it was the one stretch Google flagged as heavy traffic rather than the usual. Skip the 605 entirely: 24.7 miles and about 39 minutes, five miles further to arrive three minutes later. Can I get to you on Montebello Bus Lines? No, and it is worth knowing why. Montebello runs its own bus system, which the city calls the third largest municipal operator in the county, covering thirteen communities from Alhambra to Whittier. Long Beach is not one of them. Our own street is served by Long Beach Transit's Route 51 instead, so the two networks never meet and from here it is the freeway or a video visit. Is there a train? Not from inside Montebello. There is no Metro rail station within the city limits, and the nearest, Atlantic Station on the E Line, sits about two and a half miles from City Hall on unincorporated county land. The E Line runs toward downtown rather than toward us, so reaching this office by rail means a change and a long way round. Am I likely to be covered if I book from Montebello? Probably. About 55 percent of working-age residents here hold commercial coverage, which is what we contract with, so the odds are good. Around 24 percent are on Medi-Cal, which we do not currently bill, and about 16 percent have no coverage at all. If you are in either of those two groups, ask about self-pay rates before you book rather than after. I check things over and over and I know it makes no sense. Is that treatable? Yes, and the fact that you can see it makes no sense is characteristic rather than unusual. Obsessive-compulsive disorder involves intrusive thoughts and the rituals that quiet them, and insight into the illogic is usually intact and does not help. It responds to treatment, and an evaluation is the step that separates it from generalised anxiety. Do I have to keep driving down for every appointment? No. Come once for the assessment, because an hour in the room gives a diagnosis more to stand on, and after that most reviews work by video. Thirty-six minutes each way is a real cost to repeat every few weeks, and there is no clinical reason to spend it confirming that a dose is holding. ## Booking from Montebello Pick a time online and we will confirm it. Come down the 710, or stay where you are and use video. [Request an appointment](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/book/)[Call (818) 286-3862](tel:+1-818-286-3862)