EKG cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) with interpretation: from $89.60 to $89.60, with a median of $89.60. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro and 9 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $89.60 at 42 hospitals.
- The median here, $89.60, is about the same as the US median of $90.31.
- That is 1.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 10 cities for code 93000, 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro lowest San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont lowest Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael lowest San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch lowest Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus lowest Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco lowest South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek lowest Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond lowest Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco lowest San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City lowest Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $89.60 | $160.00 | — | 44% |
Outpatient: lowest $89.60, median $89.60, highest $89.60.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $89.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What EKG is, what the price covers and why prices differ: EKG explained.