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Cash prices Portland, OR Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Portland, OR without insurance

Of 16 hospitals in the Portland, OR area we can compare, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (Vancouver) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 26% below the Washington median across 352 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

HospitalTypical price vs stateBelow medianAbove median
1. Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver 26% below 241 of 352 108 of 352
2. Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland 22% below 231 of 365 115 of 365
3. Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland 21% below 229 of 364 116 of 364
4. Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin 21% below 229 of 364 116 of 364
5. Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham 21% below 229 of 364 116 of 364
6. Providence Portland Medical Center Portland 1% below 209 of 415 153 of 415
7. Providence St Vincent Medical Center Portland at median 204 of 414 157 of 414
8. Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg at median 198 of 406 156 of 406
9. Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City at median 186 of 400 162 of 400
10. Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie at median 197 of 398 146 of 398
11. Oregon Health & Science University Portland 3% above 179 of 453 260 of 453
12. Hillsboro Medical Center Hillsboro 15% above 132 of 423 282 of 423
13. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Westside Hillsboro 17% above 138 of 400 245 of 400
14. Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas 17% above 138 of 400 245 of 400
15. PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver 21% above 106 of 458 339 of 458
16. Shriners Childrens - Portland Portland 60% above 27 of 285 255 of 285
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.

Not in the ranking: Willamette Valley Medical Center (McMinnville) — its price file lists no cash price (all US hospitals without one).

Procedure costs in the Portland, OR area

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.