High-risk screening colonoscopy cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for screening colonoscopy, high risk of colorectal cancer (Medicare code): from $3,225.60 to $4,462.00, with a median of $3,225.60. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco and 8 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $2,039.52 at 58 hospitals.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 10 cities for code G0105, 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 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco lowest South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch lowest Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro lowest San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco lowest San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond lowest Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek lowest Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont lowest Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City lowest Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael lowest San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $3,225.60 | $5,760.00 | $1,102.00–$3,450.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 Colorectal Scrn; Hi Risk Ind | $3,492.00 | $8,730.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Chinese Hospital Association San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL AT HIGH RISK | $4,462.00 | $4,462.00 | $1,344.41–$8,031.60 | — | Jul 22, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,225.60, median $3,225.60, highest $4,462.00 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $3,225.60. 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.
What it is
This is a screening colonoscopy for someone without symptoms who is at high risk of colorectal cancer, for example because of a close relative with the disease, earlier polyps or inflammatory bowel disease. G0105 is a Medicare code; for people at high risk Medicare covers it as often as every 2 years.
What the price covers
The facility price usually covers the procedure room and recovery. The gastroenterologist, anesthesia, the bowel-prep medicine and any pathology are usually billed or bought separately.