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Cash prices Charlotte, NC Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Charlotte, NC without insurance

Of 16 hospitals in the Charlotte, NC area we can compare, MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center (Chester) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 18% below the South Carolina median across 246 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 stateBelow median Above median
1. MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester 18% below 169 of 246 65 of 246
2. Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville 6% below 138 of 250 105 of 250
3. Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro at median 50 of 334 98 of 334
4. Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton at median 50 of 334 98 of 334
5. Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte at median 50 of 334 98 of 334
6. Atrium Health Union Monroe at median 50 of 334 98 of 334
7. Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte at median 50 of 334 98 of 334
8. Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord at median 50 of 334 98 of 334
9. Carolinas Rehabilitation Belmont at median 50 of 334 98 of 334
10. Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte at median 50 of 334 98 of 334
11. MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster 77% above 49 of 274 212 of 274
12. Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia 85% above 12 of 319 282 of 319
13. Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont 85% above 12 of 319 282 of 319
14. Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly 85% above 12 of 319 282 of 319
15. Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill 151% above 13 of 229 210 of 229
16. Piedmont Medical Center Fort Mill 151% above 13 of 229 210 of 229

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.