Cheapest hospitals in Chattanooga, TN without insurance
Of 8 hospitals in the Chattanooga, TN area we can compare, CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia (Ringgold) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 42% below the Georgia median across 283 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 29, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia Ringgold | 42% below | 231 of 283 | 50 of 283 |
| 2. Memorial Health Care System Hixson | 9% above | 125 of 283 | 156 of 283 |
| 3. Memorial Health Care System Chattanooga | 56% above | 73 of 283 | 207 of 283 |
| 4. Erlanger Health Chattanooga | 95% above | 34 of 274 | 239 of 274 |
| 5. Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga | 859% above | 4 of 199 | 195 of 199 |
| 6. Parkridge Valley Hospital Chattanooga | 881% above | 3 of 199 | 196 of 199 |
| 7. Parkridge East Hospital East Ridge | 907% above | 4 of 184 | 180 of 184 |
| 8. Parkridge West Hospital Jasper | 924% above | 2 of 173 | 170 of 173 |
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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.