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PSA test (prostate) in San Francisco, CA costs $3 to $142. Here's every hospital's price.

6 hospitals in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area publish a cash price for psa test (prostate) (CPT 84153). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for psa test (prostate) (CPT 84153). The lowest is $3 at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, the median is $121 and the highest is $142 at Chinese Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 53 times the cheapest for the same code.

The San Francisco, CA median of $121 is 124% above the national median of $54 across 551 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

5 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $9 to $432. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between April 2026 and July 2026. 32 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$3
lowest cash price in San Francisco, CA
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland · 4 mi
$118 below the median
$121
median cash price
6 hospitals
53×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
6/38
hospitals with a cash price
32 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Oakland · 4 mi · File Apr 2026

$3
list $9 · lowest of 3 lines
2
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Pleasanton · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$6
list $14 · lowest of 3 lines
3
Washington Hospital

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$121
list $155 · lowest of 35 lines
4
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco

South San Francisco · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$130
list $233
5
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Antioch · 30 mi · File Apr 2026

$130
list $233 · lowest of 6 lines
6
Chinese Hospital

San Francisco · 7 mi · File Jul 2026

$142
list $142
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 84153. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 84153, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About psa test (prostate)

CPT 84153 is a total PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test, used to screen for and monitor prostate cancer and to follow prostate enlargement. It is a single blood test, usually ordered with a routine physical for men from around age 50, or earlier with family history.

What the price covers

The laboratory analysis only. The blood draw is a separate small charge. A "free PSA" test (84154) is a different code sometimes ordered alongside it.

Why prices vary

A PSA test costs a laboratory a few dollars. Hospital cash prices range from under $20 to several hundred dollars for the same test. Independent laboratories and direct-to-consumer lab services are usually the cheapest route; results are equivalent.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 84153 plus the blood draw?
  • Is a free-PSA test also being ordered?
  • Can the sample be sent to an independent laboratory?

Hospitals in San Francisco, CA without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask