Cheapest hospitals in Denver, CO without insurance
Of 10 hospitals in the Denver, CO area we can compare, Denver Health and Hospital Authority (Denver) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 62% below the Colorado median across 336 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 27, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver | 62% below | 311 of 336 | 19 of 336 |
| 2. National Jewish Health Denver | 18% below | 115 of 192 | 61 of 192 |
| 3. Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora | 9% below | 166 of 296 | 111 of 296 |
| 4. AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock | 2% above | 0 of 343 | 175 of 343 |
| 5. AdventHealth Littleton Littleton | 2% above | 0 of 343 | 175 of 343 |
| 6. AdventHealth Parker Parker | 2% above | 0 of 343 | 175 of 343 |
| 7. AdventHealth Porter Denver | 2% above | 0 of 343 | 175 of 343 |
| 8. Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Inverness Englewood | 63% above | 8 of 68 | 45 of 68 |
| 9. Denver Rehabilitation Hospital Denver | 69% above | 7 of 66 | 45 of 66 |
| 10. Craig Hospital Englewood | 117% above | 43 of 127 | 81 of 127 |
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.