Cheapest hospitals in Baltimore, MD without insurance
Of 8 hospitals in the Baltimore, MD area we can compare, Greater Baltimore Medical Center (Towson) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 37% below the Maryland median across 316 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 30, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Greater Baltimore Medical Center Towson | 37% below | 269 of 316 | 41 of 316 |
| 2. MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore | 25% below | 260 of 362 | 96 of 362 |
| 3. MedStar Harbor Hospital Baltimore | 1% above | 54 of 355 | 244 of 355 |
| 4. MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital Baltimore | 3% above | 23 of 364 | 327 of 364 |
| 5. Mercy Medical Center Baltimore | 11% above | 141 of 341 | 193 of 341 |
| 6. MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore | 23% above | 11 of 351 | 337 of 351 |
| 7. Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore | 28% above | 36 of 200 | 162 of 200 |
| 8. The Kennedy Krieger Institute Baltimore | 55% above | 37 of 124 | 86 of 124 |
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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.