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Cash prices San Diego, CA Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in San Diego, CA without insurance

Of 11 hospitals in the San Diego, CA area we can compare, Paradise Valley Hospital (National City) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 72% below the California median across 271 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

Hospital Typical price vs stateBelow median Above median
1. Paradise Valley Hospital National City 72% below 259 of 271 3 of 271
2. Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego 21% below 130 of 213 83 of 213
3. Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside 7% below 71 of 135 64 of 135
4. UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego 4% below 219 of 420 198 of 420
5. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa San Diego at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
6. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion San Diego at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
7. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos at median 137 of 390 69 of 390
8. Grossmont Hospital La Mesa 25% above 48 of 227 168 of 227
9. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Chula Vista 25% above 48 of 227 168 of 227
10. Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center Coronado 25% above 48 of 227 168 of 227
11. Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego 25% above 47 of 223 165 of 223

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.