Cheapest hospitals in Detroit, MI without insurance
Of 27 hospitals in the Detroit, MI area we can compare, Henry Ford Health (East China Township) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 54% below the Michigan median across 211 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. Henry Ford Health East China Township | 54% below | 194 of 211 | 16 of 211 |
| 2. Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit | 51% below | 364 of 437 | 45 of 437 |
| 3. Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield | 51% below | 364 of 437 | 45 of 437 |
| 4. Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp | 51% below | 364 of 437 | 45 of 437 |
| 5. Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte | 51% below | 364 of 437 | 45 of 437 |
| 6. Henry Ford Health Rochester | 49% below | 218 of 247 | 28 of 247 |
| 7. Henry Ford Health Detroit | 35% below | 213 of 259 | 41 of 259 |
| 8. Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit | 30% below | 222 of 299 | 75 of 299 |
| 9. Henry Ford Health Novi | 28% below | 193 of 243 | 44 of 243 |
| 10. Henry Ford Health Southfield | 26% below | 198 of 252 | 48 of 252 |
| 11. Henry Ford Health Warren | 24% below | 188 of 257 | 63 of 257 |
| 12. McLaren Oakland Pontiac | 21% below | 258 of 419 | 61 of 419 |
| 13. Henry Ford Health Madison Heights | 18% below | 34 of 43 | 8 of 43 |
| 14. McLaren Port Huron Port Huron | 17% below | 254 of 415 | 54 of 415 |
| 15. McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens | 13% below | 241 of 421 | 75 of 421 |
| 16. McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer | at median | 196 of 412 | 109 of 412 |
| 17. Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor | 115% above | 26 of 297 | 251 of 297 |
| 18. Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton | 115% above | 26 of 297 | 251 of 297 |
| 19. Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne | 115% above | 26 of 297 | 251 of 297 |
| 20. William Beaumont Hospital Troy | 115% above | 26 of 297 | 251 of 297 |
| 21. William Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe | 115% above | 26 of 297 | 251 of 297 |
| 22. VHS Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Detroit | 117% above | 16 of 157 | 139 of 157 |
| 23. VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit | 123% above | 42 of 257 | 211 of 257 |
| 24. Harper University Hospital Detroit | 136% above | 22 of 275 | 251 of 275 |
| 25. VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit | 145% above | 26 of 288 | 256 of 288 |
| 26. VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp | 154% above | 26 of 236 | 208 of 236 |
| 27. VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit | 155% above | 30 of 265 | 232 of 265 |
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.