Cheapest hospitals in Urban Honolulu, HI without insurance
Of 8 hospitals in the Urban Honolulu, HI area we can compare, Straub Clinic & Hospital (Honolulu) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 30% below the Hawaii median across 351 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 13, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Straub Clinic & Hospital Honolulu | 30% below | 311 of 351 | 20 of 351 |
| 2. Pali Momi Medical Center Aiea | 24% below | 280 of 337 | 30 of 337 |
| 3. Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children Honolulu | 17% below | 233 of 329 | 69 of 329 |
| 4. Queens Medical Center - West Oahu Ewa Beach | at median | 82 of 479 | 148 of 479 |
| 5. The Queens Medical Center Honolulu | at median | 82 of 479 | 148 of 479 |
| 6. The Queens Medical Center - Wahiawa Wahiawa | at median | 82 of 479 | 150 of 479 |
| 7. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moanalua Honolulu | 2% above | 167 of 413 | 213 of 413 |
| 8. Shriners Childrens - Honolulu Honolulu | 22% above | 51 of 277 | 214 of 277 |
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.