CostGrade

Back Problems (without major complications) cost in San Francisco, CA

MS-DRG 552 · 6 hospitals in San Francisco

Charges here run from $41,177 to $103,448 — a difference of $62,271 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical California hospital charges $72,198.

Hospitals in San Francisco, cheapest first

Hospital Charged Actually paid Patients
$41,177 43% below the state average $11,706 17
$46,626 35% below the state average $12,231 19
$58,586 19% below the state average $15,565 19
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$81,783 13% above the state average $14,512 14
$101,735 41% above the state average $20,304 19
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Ucsf Medical Center

San Francisco, CA

$103,448 43% above the state average $19,752 40

These are the averages each hospital reported to Medicare, not a quote for you. Before treatment, ask each hospital for a written good-faith estimate — you are entitled to one if you are uninsured or paying yourself.