Cheapest hospitals in Buffalo, NY without insurance
Of 9 hospitals in the Buffalo, NY area we can compare, Bertrand Chaffee Hospital (Springville) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 53% below the New York median across 379 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville | 53% below | 316 of 379 | 63 of 379 |
| 2. Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls | 51% below | 393 of 410 | 17 of 410 |
| 3. Erie County Medical Center Buffalo | 15% below | 299 of 497 | 189 of 497 |
| 4. Kenmore Mercy Hospital Kenmore | 12% below | 199 of 365 | 150 of 365 |
| 5. Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo | 12% below | 198 of 366 | 152 of 366 |
| 6. Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston | 12% below | 198 of 366 | 152 of 366 |
| 7. Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo | 12% below | 198 of 369 | 155 of 369 |
| 8. Kaleida Health Buffalo | 78% above | 25 of 413 | 388 of 413 |
| 9. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo | 81% above | 41 of 324 | 280 of 324 |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.
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.