Costs · Visit · Urgent care / office visit (new patient) · San Francisco Bay Area · codes 99202, 99203, 99204
How much does an urgent care / office visit (new patient) cost in San Francisco Bay Area?
New-patient office or urgent-care evaluation visit of low to moderate complexity. Below: the rates insurers have actually negotiated with 4 San Francisco Bay Area-area hospitals, and the cash (self-pay) prices where published — from the hospitals' own federally required price files.
$346
lowest median negotiated rate
Stanford Health Care
$911
highest (adult hospitals)
Good Samaritan Hospital
2.6×
price spread
same procedure, same metro
Median negotiated rate per hospital · sorted low → high · hover a bar for the full receipt
cash (self-pay) price
| Hospital | Gross charge | Cash price | Negotiated | Range | # rates | vs median |
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* Specialty hospital (pediatric or cancer center) — rates reflect specialty case mix. † Median based on fewer than 3 published rates — treat as indicative. Bars show the median dollar-denominated commercial negotiated rate; hospitals sharing a health-system contract show similar rates.
SOURCE: standard-charges files from 4 hospitals · file dates 2026-03-01 → 2026-04-01 · retrieved 2026-08-15
Paying cash can beat using insurance. At John Muir Medical Center – Walnut Creek, the self-pay price is $384 — less than the $554 median commercial-insurer rate. If you haven't met your deductible, ask for the cash rate.