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Cash prices Washington, DC Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Washington, DC without insurance

Of 19 hospitals in the Washington, DC area we can compare, Frederick Health Hospital (Frederick) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 30% below the Maryland median across 306 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. Frederick Health Hospital Frederick 30% below 288 of 306 15 of 306
2. Mary Washington Hospital Fredericksburg 30% below 341 of 394 46 of 394
3. Stafford Hospital Stafford 30% below 341 of 394 46 of 394
4. MedStar Montgomery Medical Center Olney 6% below 218 of 348 123 of 348
5. Jefferson Medical Center Ranson 1% below 189 of 377 164 of 377
6. Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge at median 130 of 389 126 of 389
7. MedStar Southern Hospital Center Clinton at median 130 of 345 109 of 345
8. Children's National Hospital Washington at median 154 of 318 78 of 318
9. MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington at median 112 of 318 76 of 318
10. Fauquier Health Warrenton at median 197 of 400 200 of 400
11. MedStar Georgetown Hospital Northwest Washington 2% above 46 of 317 174 of 317
12. Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria 8% above 128 of 404 234 of 404
13. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax 8% above 128 of 404 234 of 404
14. Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church 8% above 128 of 404 234 of 404
15. Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg 8% above 128 of 404 234 of 404
16. Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria 8% above 128 of 404 234 of 404
17. Reston Hospital Center Reston 258% above 3 of 290 287 of 290
18. Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center Fredericksburg 267% above 3 of 292 289 of 292
19. Stonesprings Hospital Center Dulles 268% above 2 of 277 274 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.

Not in the ranking: BridgePoint Continuing Care Hospital - Capitol Hill (Washington), BridgePoint Continuing Care Hospital - National Harborside (Washington) — their price files list no cash price (all US hospitals without one).

Procedure costs in the Washington, DC 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.