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Cash prices Atlanta, GA Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Atlanta, GA without insurance

Of 19 hospitals in the Atlanta, GA area we can compare, Shepherd Center (Northwest Atlanta) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 18% below the Georgia median across 211 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

Hospital Typical price vs stateBelow median Above median
1. Shepherd Center Northwest Atlanta 18% below 128 of 211 81 of 211
2. Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
3. Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
4. Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
5. Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
6. Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
7. Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp Warm Springs at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
8. Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
9. Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
10. Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta at median 76 of 309 40 of 309
11. Crawford Long Hospital Atlanta 27% above 42 of 396 225 of 396
12. Decatur Health Resource Decatur 27% above 42 of 396 225 of 396
13. Emory University Atlanta 27% above 42 of 396 225 of 396
14. Es Rehabilitation Atlanta 27% above 42 of 396 225 of 396
15. Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur 27% above 42 of 396 225 of 396
16. Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia 27% above 42 of 396 225 of 396
17. Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek 27% above 42 of 396 225 of 396
18. Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta Atlanta 27% above 42 of 396 225 of 396
19. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta 109% above 57 of 332 273 of 332

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.