Cheapest hospitals in Boston, MA without insurance
Of 8 hospitals in the Boston, MA area we can compare, Boston Medical Center South (Brockton) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 56% below the Massachusetts median across 313 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 state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Boston Medical Center South Brockton | 56% below | 307 of 313 | 4 of 313 |
| 2. Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston | 50% below | 333 of 345 | 9 of 345 |
| 3. Boston Medical Center Boston | 28% below | 303 of 379 | 60 of 379 |
| 4. Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose | 23% below | 235 of 336 | 76 of 336 |
| 5. Lowell General Hospital Lowell | 18% below | 225 of 332 | 79 of 332 |
| 6. Tufts Medical Center Boston | 7% below | 207 of 372 | 142 of 372 |
| 7. Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge | at median | 170 of 379 | 177 of 379 |
| 8. Shriners Childrens - Boston Boston | 100% above | 7 of 201 | 187 of 201 |
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.