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Cash prices San Francisco, CA Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in San Francisco, CA without insurance

Of 26 hospitals in the San Francisco, CA area we can compare, St. Rose Hospital (Hayward) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 54% below the California median across 266 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical price vs stateBelow medianAbove median
1. St. Rose Hospital Hayward 54% below 248 of 266 18 of 266
2. Sequoia Hospital Redwood City 9% below 151 of 256 105 of 256
3. Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton at median 169 of 348 176 of 348
4. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
5. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
6. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
7. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
8. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
9. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
10. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
11. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
12. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
13. Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond 23% above 51 of 523 362 of 523
14. MarinHealth Medical Center Greenbrae 54% above 61 of 416 354 of 416
15. Chinese Hospital San Francisco 69% above 52 of 344 292 of 344
16. Mills Health Center San Mateo 98% above 17 of 350 329 of 350
17. Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame 98% above 17 of 350 329 of 350
18. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley 101% above 6 of 331 320 of 331
19. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus Berkeley 101% above 6 of 331 320 of 331
20. Novato Community Hospital Novato 101% above 5 of 295 287 of 295
21. California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus San Francisco 102% above 10 of 336 324 of 336
22. California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital San Francisco 102% above 9 of 334 323 of 334
23. Sutter Delta Medical Center Antioch 102% above 6 of 308 299 of 308
24. Eden Medical Center Castro Valley 104% above 6 of 303 296 of 303
25. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland 105% above 6 of 345 334 of 345
26. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne Oakland 105% above 6 of 345 334 of 345
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Procedure costs in the San Francisco, CA area

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.