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Medical costs in San Francisco, CA

10 hospitals · 30 procedures tracked

By Michael Glenn , Healthcare Data Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Michael Glenn reviews CMS datasets and drug pricing at BillRazor Research. He focuses on NADAC acquisition costs and procedure coding accuracy. Expertise: drug pricing, NADAC data, CPT coding.

CMS price transparency
10 hospitals
Updated 2026-04-03
Compare your charges against 4 CMS benchmark datasets — including the rates shown on this page.

Hospitals in metro

10

Procedures tracked

30

vs national avg

1.82x

Top procedures by average charge in SAN FRANCISCO

All tracked procedures

ProcedureHospitalsAvg chargevs nationalMarkup
INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 8536$384,6811.90x4.8x
CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 0254$261,9451.19x4.2x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCCDRG 0645$168,8241.93x5.8x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CCDRG 4814$165,2081.79x5.8x
GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCCDRG 3775$159,8492.02x5.6x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCCDRG 2804$154,0542.18x5.9x
POISONING AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS WITH MCCDRG 9175$147,8871.96x5.4x
OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCCDRG 6985$135,3922.04x4.9x
MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCCDRG 4706$130,3451.48x5.5x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCCDRG 8719$129,6171.73x4.9x
RENAL FAILURE WITH MCCDRG 6826$111,8891.86x5.4x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURSDRG 0656$110,6702.09x8x
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCCDRG 1779$103,9881.66x4.2x
SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCCDRG 1936$100,4601.85x5.7x
PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILUREDRG 1897$98,5641.81x5.5x
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCCDRG 1904$94,9242.00x6.2x
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCCDRG 6406$94,1801.73x5.3x
HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCCDRG 2919$92,9651.86x5.4x
KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCCDRG 6894$88,7561.88x5.4x
SEIZURES WITHOUT MCCDRG 1014$79,8431.74x6.4x
Rates shown are from the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and CMS IPPS. BillRazor compares your bill against these data sources. See how it works →

Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files, Medicare IPPS DRG rates, FY 2024. All pricing data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.

City-level methodology: Cost indices are computed by comparing the average markup ratio of hospitals in this metro area against the national median. Values above 1.0x indicate higher-than-average charges relative to Medicare.

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