UCSF Health

Name

UCSF Health

Legal name

UCSF Health

Website

https://ucsfhealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Medical Center / Specialty Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Offices of Physicians (62111), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (6215), Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA), Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC), Virtual Specialty Care Platforms (tele-stroke, tele-ICU, tele-derm, tele-cardiology) (HLALABAD)

Keywords

• Academic medical center
• Specialty healthcare services
• Hospital care services
• Clinical research trials
• Telehealth services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: UCSF Health generates revenue through providing medical services billed to insurance carriers (including Medicare and Medi-Cal), with patients responsible for co-pays, deductibles, and non-covered services. The organization also offers self-pay discounts and financial assistance programs.
2. Remote Second Opinion Service: Written second opinion service provided in partnership with Summus at a flat fee of $900 for remote consultations.
3. Premium Services and Amenities: Revenue from services not covered by insurance, elective procedures requiring deposits, and specialized medical services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UCSF Health is an academic medical center delivering comprehensive clinical care across more than 200 medical specialties including cancer, heart and vascular, neurology and neurosurgery, organ transplant, orthopedics, and pediatrics. Services are provided through 7 hospitals and 384 Bay Area locations, supported by digital tools such as the Epic MyChart patient portal, telehealth video visits, and a network of referring physicians via the MD Link portal. The organization also operates a remote second opinion service in partnership with Summus, and conducts clinical research with patient access to experimental treatments through clinical trials.

Product overview

UCSF Health operates as a comprehensive academic medical center offering a unified platform of healthcare services across more than 200 medical specialties. The core offering consists of integrated hospital, clinic, and outpatient care delivered through 384 Bay Area locations, supported by digital patient engagement tools (MyChart portal, Telehealth video visits), provider coordination systems (MD Link, Health Information Exchange), and enterprise AI deployment (90+ AI tools including ambient scribes and predictive analytics). The organization pairs world-class medical expertise with digital health innovation, maintaining strategic partnerships with GE HealthCare for imaging technology and participating in AI pilots for administrative automation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UCSF Health Care Services Comprehensive clinical care across more than 200 medical specialties including primary care, specialty care, emergency/urgent care, virtual care, cancer, neurology, neurosurgery, heart and vascular, orthopedics, transplant, and pediatrics, delivered through an integrated network of hospitals, clinics, and outpatient facilities for individual patients and families.
• MyChart Patient Portal Epic-powered patient portal providing secure access to medical records, test results, clinical notes, appointment scheduling, billing, and video visit access, with two-factor authentication. Available as a mobile app on iOS and Android and accessible via web.
• Telehealth Video Visits Zoom-based virtual care platform enabling video consultations for more than 200 medical services including primary care, urgent/express care, mental health, pain management, follow-up visits, and medication monitoring for individual patients.
• Second Opinion Program Expert consultation service offering in-person or telehealth appointments with UCSF specialists, plus written remote second opinions delivered via the Summus partnership. Written opinions are matched to a specialist and provided within 7-10 days for a flat $900 fee, targeting patients with complex conditions or difficult treatment decisions, including international patients.
• UCSF Health Care Locations Network Integrated delivery network of 384 locations across Northern California including 7 hospitals (Helen Diller, Mission Bay Adult, Mount Zion, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland, Hyde, and Stanyan), 19 imaging centers, 16 laboratories, 13 urgent care centers, 11 primary care locations, and additional specialty care and cancer care sites, providing in-person access to care across the Bay Area.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked #1 hospital in California (tied) and best in state for cancer, geriatrics, neurology & neurosurgery, pulmonology and rheumatology
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• KraneminorOthers · 1 June 2026Krane is working with UCSF Health Services on the $4.5B Helen Diller Hospital construction project in San Francisco, using AI-powered construction supply chain management.
• GE HealthCarecoreTechnology or Integration · 26 February 202610-year Care Alliance to implement advanced imaging solutions across UCSF Health system. Partnership includes expanded radiologic technologist education, magnetic resonance excellence, and remote imaging solutions. This is the first major agreement between the entities despite decades-long relationship. Aims to enhance patient access, standardize imaging quality, and support UCSF's new hospital developments.
• SummuscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerUCSF Health partnered with Summus to provide written second opinion service. Summus team facilitates the process, helps collect medical records, selects appropriate UCSF doctor, and guides patients through the experience.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stanford Health Care: Stanford Health Care is a leading academic medical center serving the San Francisco Bay Area with nationally ranked specialty care, complex tertiary services, and a research-driven care model that directly competes with UCSF Health for complex referrals and physician talent.
• UCLA Health: UCLA Health is a University of California-affiliated academic medical center operating multiple hospitals and outpatient networks across Los Angeles with comparable specialty, research, and teaching hospital economics to UCSF Health.
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Cedars-Sinai is a large nonprofit academic medical center in Los Angeles known for top-ranked specialty care (cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology), research integration, and a comparable multi-specialty tertiary referral model.
• NYU Langone Health: NYU Langone Health is a top-ranked nonprofit academic medical center with extensive specialty care, research, and a growing ambulatory network, sharing UCSF Health's profile of large-scale AMC operations with strong digital health adoption.
• Johns Hopkins Medicine: Johns Hopkins Medicine is a flagship academic medical system combining research-intensive specialty care, multiple hospitals, and ambulatory networks, directly comparable to UCSF Health in mission, scale, and academic-medical-center economics.
• Mass General Brigham: Mass General Brigham is one of the largest U.S. academic medical systems, with multiple top-ranked hospitals, extensive research, and integrated specialty networks that closely mirror UCSF Health's scope and complexity.
• Mayo Clinic: Mayo Clinic is a leading nonprofit academic medical center with national referral-driven specialty care, integrated research, and a destination-care model that competes for complex patient cases similarly to UCSF Health.
• UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals: UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals (San Francisco and Oakland) are wholly-owned pediatric specialty hospitals within UCSF Health, offering the closest comparable subspecialty pediatric academic model and shared governance/clinical infrastructure.

Regional players

• Sutter Health: Sutter Health is a large Northern California nonprofit health system with hospitals, medical groups, and ambulatory networks that compete with UCSF Health for primary, specialty, and inpatient volume in the same Bay Area geography.

Broad incumbents

• Kaiser Permanente Northern California: Kaiser Permanente is a large integrated payer-provider with a deeply entrenched Northern California footprint, competing for primary, specialty, and inpatient volumes under a capitated model that intersects with but does not fully overlap UCSF Health's fee-for-service academic model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ucsfhospitals
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/UCSFMedicalCenter
• Facebookfacebook.com/ucsfmedicalcenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3029
• Instagraminstagram.com/ucsfhealth

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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