Cystoscopy cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for cystoscopy, diagnostic look inside the bladder and urethra: from $517.00 to $2,884.00, with a median of $2,884.00. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $2,367.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,617.20 at 74 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 52000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Cystoscopy of Bladder and Urethra, Diagnostic | $517.00 | $1,034.00 | $75.91–$476.31 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $2,884.00 | $5,150.00 | $806.00–$2,525.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 CYSTOURETHROSCOPY | $2,884.00 | $5,150.00 | $806.00–$2,525.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Cystourethroscopy Simple | $3,211.60 | $8,029.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Cystoscopy of Bladder and Urethra, Diagnostic | $4,531.50 | $9,063.00 | $218.07–$462.68 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $517.00, median $2,884.00, highest $2,884.00 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,884.00. 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 0 of 3 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 it is
Cystoscopy uses a thin scope passed through the urethra to look inside the bladder and urethra. It is used to check for blood in the urine, repeated infections, bladder symptoms or to follow up on bladder cancer.
What the price covers
The listed price usually covers the procedure. The urologist's fee and any sedation may be billed separately, and a biopsy or treatment done during the exam changes the code.