Echocardiogram with and without contrast Cost in San Francisco, CA

Prices at 4 hospitals in San Francisco, CA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,910 — 213% above the US median ($610), roughly 18.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
California Pacific Medical Center-Van Ness Campus	San Francisco, CA	$1,696	$345	★ 3/5	198 min	—
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	$1,910	—	★ 4/5	—	—
California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hosp	San Francisco, CA	$1,923	$345	★ 3/5	160 min	—

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$1,923

Cash / self-pay

$1,910

Insurer-negotiated

$345

Medicare pays

$101

$1,739$1,920

Median cash $1,910 · Medicare $101 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,910 — about 18.9× the Medicare rate ($101). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($202).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,923 list price could save about $13 (1%).

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Doctors who perform this in San Francisco

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Michael Salerno, MD, PHD	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	224
Rupsa Yee	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	162
Erin Goerlich, M.D.	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	115
Satvik Ramakrishna, MD	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	78
Theodore Abraham, M.D.	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	75
Atif Qasim, MD	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	74
Kirsten Tolstrup	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	71
Joseph Ebinger	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	64
Mahmut Yucel, MD	Interventional Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	47
Nelson Schiller, MD	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	45
Eveline Stock, M.D.	Cardiology	San Francisco, CA	45
Rosny Daniel, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	San Francisco, CA	44

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