Upper endoscopy cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic: from $3,707.20 to $8,448.00, with a median of $3,707.20. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City and 9 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $1,872.00 at 103 hospitals.
- The median here, $3,707.20, is 139% above the US median of $1,552.50.
- That is 4.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
- San Francisco, CA ranks 4th of 4 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 12 cities for code 43235, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 26, 2026 and Jul 22, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City lowest Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro lowest San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont lowest Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael lowest San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek lowest Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond lowest Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco lowest San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch lowest Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus lowest Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco lowest South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY TRANSORAL DIAGNOSTIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,707.20 | $6,620.00 | $1,133.00–$3,547.00 | 44% |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 Upper Stomach-Intestine Scope for Diagnosis File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,788.40 | $9,471.00 | — | 60% |
| Chinese Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 Diagnostic exam of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope File of Jul 22, 2026 · source file | $6,310.00 | $6,310.00 | $224.12–$11,358.00 | — |
| MarinHealth Medical Center Greenbrae, CA · (415) 925-7900 DIAGNOSTIC EXAM OF ESOPHAGUS; STOMACH; AND/OR UPPER SMALL BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE File of Mar 26, 2026 · source file | $8,448.00 | $14,080.00 | $1,280.16–$8,744.77 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $3,707.20, median $3,707.20, highest $8,448.00 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $3,707.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What upper endoscopy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Upper endoscopy explained.