Blue Shield of Calif
Between 2013 and 2027, the City and County of San Francisco paid $3.6B to Blue Shield of Calif, mostly through HSS Health Service System. Source: SF Controller vendor payments (open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
$3.6B
paid by San Francisco, 2013–2027
Departments
2
Categories
12
Payments
3,504
Period
2013–2027
What the City pays them for
The City’s own accounting categories, FY2018 on. Hatched bars are money out, but not a purchase.
In FY2025
$493.0M, in the last year with closed books.
Paid by year
'13
'14
'15
'16
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
'26·
'27·
Hatched: FY2026, FY2027 are not closed yet — the bar shows payments recorded so far, not a full year.
Tallest bar — FY2025: $493.0M. Bars are scaled to this payee’s own peak year.
Who pays them
2 departments, 100.0% of it from HSS Health Service System.