Cheapest hospitals in Philadelphia, PA without insurance
Of 22 hospitals in the Philadelphia, PA area we can compare, Lower Bucks Hospital (Bristol) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 70% below the Pennsylvania median across 310 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. Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol | 70% below | 285 of 310 | 20 of 310 |
| 2. Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia | 68% below | 283 of 317 | 31 of 317 |
| 3. St. Francis Hospital Wilmington | 15% below | 187 of 281 | 89 of 281 |
| 4. Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital Malvern | 4% below | 173 of 315 | 83 of 315 |
| 5. Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood | 4% below | 173 of 315 | 83 of 315 |
| 6. Paoli Hospital Paoli | 4% below | 173 of 315 | 83 of 315 |
| 7. Riddle Memorial Hospital Media | 4% below | 173 of 315 | 83 of 315 |
| 8. The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr | 4% below | 173 of 315 | 83 of 315 |
| 9. Virtua Memorial Hospital Mount Holly | at median | 144 of 305 | 145 of 305 |
| 10. Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Camden | at median | 144 of 305 | 145 of 305 |
| 11. Virtua Willingboro Hospital Willinboro | at median | 144 of 305 | 145 of 305 |
| 12. West Jersey Hospital Voorhees | at median | 144 of 305 | 145 of 305 |
| 13. St Mary Medical Center Langhorne | 4% above | 159 of 361 | 192 of 361 |
| 14. Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington | 17% above | 109 of 266 | 153 of 266 |
| 15. Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby | 21% above | 127 of 345 | 209 of 345 |
| 16. Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia | 42% above | 97 of 294 | 193 of 294 |
| 17. Shriners Childrens - Philadelphia Philadelphia | 46% above | 24 of 207 | 178 of 207 |
| 18. Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury | 195% above | 6 of 294 | 272 of 294 |
| 19. Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer | 195% above | 6 of 294 | 272 of 294 |
| 20. Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem | 195% above | 6 of 294 | 272 of 294 |
| 21. Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill | 195% above | 6 of 294 | 272 of 294 |
| 22. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia | 315% above | 12 of 251 | 239 of 251 |
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.