Eye injection cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for eye injection into the vitreous (intravitreal injection): from $1,008.00 to $2,626.00, with a median of $1,008.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond and 9 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $884.65 at 70 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,008.00, is 70% above the US median of $591.45.
- That is 3.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($337.46).
- San Francisco, CA ranks 3rd of 3 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 10 cities for code 67028, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond lowest Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro lowest San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont lowest Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco lowest San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek lowest Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus lowest Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco lowest South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City lowest Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael lowest San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch lowest Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,008.00 | $1,800.00 | $401.00–$1,255.00 | 44% |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital one side San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG INTRAVITREAL IJ DRUG LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,626.00 | $2,626.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus one side San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG INTRAVITREAL IJ DRUG LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,626.00 | $2,626.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $1,008.00, median $1,008.00, highest $2,626.00 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $1,008.00. 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 10 of 10 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.
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