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Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications) cost in San Francisco, CA

MS-DRG 470 · 5 hospitals in San Francisco

Charges here run from $97,491 to $156,918 — a difference of $59,426 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical California hospital charges $121,434.

Hospitals in San Francisco, cheapest first

Hospital Charged Actually paid Patients
$97,491 20% below the state average $26,622 107
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$132,780 9% above the state average $26,469 46
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Ucsf Medical Center

San Francisco, CA

$149,465 23% above the state average $32,373 157
$149,640 23% above the state average $26,934 14
$156,918 29% above the state average $33,951 28

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.