Hospice Care in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, CA has 7 licensed hospice providers listed on ElderCareCosts. Compare providers below, or request a personalized shortlist to start your search.
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Three steps
1. Call the county aging agency
Free: (415) 355-3555 (Department of Aging & Adult Services Area Agency on Aging)
2. Shortlist 3 options
3. Tour with the checklist
How hospice costs work in San Francisco
For people enrolled in the Medicare hospice benefit, covered hospice services are generally about $0 out of pocket: nursing, aides, medications related to the terminal illness, medical equipment, and grief support. That is a benefit design fact, not a local price quote for San Francisco, CA.
- Room and board is separate. If your parent is in a nursing home or assisted living while on hospice, Medicare hospice does not pay the facility rent. The family, Medicaid, or long-term care insurance usually covers that.
- When families do pay: care unrelated to the hospice diagnosis, private-duty extras the hospice does not cover, or hospice outside Medicare (rare private-pay arrangements). Always ask what is billed to whom.
- Official overview: Medicare.gov hospice care.
Every licensed hospice provider: 7
A note on counting: we show 7 licensed hospice providers listed for San Francisco proper. Other sites show bigger numbers when they count a wide radius. Nearby options are linked below, labeled by city.
How we rank these: we don't. Listed by verification date, newest first.
Providers appear with their government data: license status, capacity, inspection history, and a CMS star rating where the service has one. The order is the date we last verified each record, newest first. Nobody pays to appear, and nobody pays to move up. If a listing says "Sponsored," a provider paid for that placement and the label says so.
Looking for a transparent sort by CMS stars, inspection records, and staffing? That is a separate data ranking, not an editorial pick.
Health Link Hospice
Crossroads Home Health & Hospice
Self-Help Home Care & Hospice
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Hospice-San Francisco
BY the Bay Health
Sutter Care at Home
Sponsored placements, when they appear, are always labeled. How we make money →
In the last 365 days: 232 newly licensed · 7 closed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
San Francisco has an estimated population of 830,235. About 146,510 residents (18%) are age 65 or older. San Francisco is located in San Francisco County, California. The median household income is $140,970. Our directory currently lists 7 licensed hospice providers in San Francisco.
Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOVThese services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.
- Department of Aging & Adult Services Area Agency on Aging(415) 355-3555sfhsa.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
State aging agency - Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State LTC Ombudsman - Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)1-800-434-0222aging.ca.gov
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Medicare counseling (SHIP) - California Aging & Disability Resource Connection1-800-510-2020aging.ca.gov
Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.
State aging agency - San Francisco LTC Ombudsman Program1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
San Francisco
State LTC Ombudsman - San Francisco VA Medical Centerva.gov
VA Medical Center in San Francisco.
VA open data - Medi-Cal long-term services and supports (LTSS)Official program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies. Rules change. Confirm on the official page.
State Medicaid program - Veterans options in San Francisco
1 licensed VA Community Living Center / State Veterans Home, sourced from VA Access to Care.
VA Aid & Attendance overview →VA open data
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. Official info only. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
How many hospice providers are listed in San Francisco, CA?
We currently list 7 licensed hospice providers in San Francisco, CA.
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Reading up first? Hospice Care across California → · Hospice vs Home Health Care →
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Trust & methodology
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed hospice providers in San Francisco, CA are listed with government-sourced data. City median cost not yet published.
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Hospice Care in San Francisco, CA. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/california/san-francisco/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Hospice Care in San Francisco, CA." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/california/san-francisco/.
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