Cheapest hospitals in Charleston, SC without insurance
Of 5 hospitals in the Charleston, SC area we can compare, MUSC Medical Center (Charleston) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 21% below the South Carolina median across 327 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. MUSC Medical Center Charleston | 21% below | 219 of 327 | 41 of 327 |
| 2. Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville | at median | 68 of 288 | 146 of 288 |
| 3. Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston | 1% above | 79 of 317 | 163 of 317 |
| 4. Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant | 1% above | 67 of 286 | 149 of 286 |
| 5. Roper Hospital Charleston | 2% above | 71 of 302 | 159 of 302 |
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.