Cheapest hospitals in Buffalo, NY without insurance
Of 6 hospitals in the Buffalo, NY area we can compare, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (Niagara Falls) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 45% below the New York median across 262 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. Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls | 45% below | 233 of 262 | 26 of 262 |
| 2. Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo | 31% below | 284 of 408 | 101 of 408 |
| 3. Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo | 31% below | 283 of 408 | 102 of 408 |
| 4. Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston | 31% below | 284 of 408 | 101 of 408 |
| 5. Erie County Medical Center Buffalo | at median | 198 of 414 | 208 of 414 |
| 6. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo | 111% above | 26 of 247 | 219 of 247 |
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.