Eye exam, new patient cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive eye exam by an eye doctor, new patient: from $245.28 to $339.00, with a median of $245.28. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond and 9 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $245.28 at 47 hospitals.
- The median here, $245.28, is 30% above the US median of $188.51.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- San Francisco, CA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in California with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 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 92004, 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 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro lowest San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont lowest Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael lowest San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus lowest Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco lowest San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek lowest Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City lowest Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco lowest South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch lowest Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $245.28 | $438.00 | — | 44% |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG OPHTHALMIC EXAM NEW PT COMPREHENSIVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $339.00 | $339.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG OPHTHALMIC EXAM NEW PT COMPREHENSIVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $339.00 | $339.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $245.28, median $245.28, highest $339.00 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $245.28. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What eye exam, new patient is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Eye exam, new patient explained.