Cheapest hospitals in Fort Wayne, IN without insurance
Of 8 hospitals in the Fort Wayne, IN area we can compare, Parkview Whitley Hospital (Columbia City) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 4% below the Indiana 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 Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City | 4% below | 216 of 327 | 95 of 327 |
| 2. Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne | 3% below | 200 of 365 | 147 of 365 |
| 3. St. Joseph Health System Fort Wayne | 3% below | 212 of 399 | 179 of 399 |
| 4. Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center – The Orthopedic Hospital Fort Wayne | at median | 179 of 369 | 182 of 369 |
| 5. Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne | at median | 133 of 297 | 146 of 297 |
| 6. Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne | at median | 214 of 448 | 224 of 448 |
| 7. Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne | 1% above | 220 of 450 | 228 of 450 |
| 8. Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton | 8% above | 144 of 368 | 217 of 368 |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.
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.