Cheapest hospitals in Delaware without insurance
Of 6 hospitals in Delaware we can compare, TidalHealth Nanticoke (Seaford) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 22% below the Delaware median across 359 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Delaware hospitals, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. TidalHealth Nanticoke Seaford | 22% below | 272 of 359 | 81 of 359 |
| 2. St. Francis Hospital Wilmington | 14% below | 222 of 335 | 109 of 335 |
| 3. Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus Milford | at median | 73 of 392 | 188 of 392 |
| 4. Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus Dover | at median | 73 of 392 | 188 of 392 |
| 5. Beebe Medical Center Lewes | at median | 169 of 370 | 187 of 370 |
| 6. Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington | 10% above | 149 of 353 | 198 of 353 |
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.
Procedure costs in Delaware
- MRI cost
- CT scan cost
- X-ray cost
- Ultrasound cost
- ER visit cost
- Blood test cost
- STD test cost
- Doctor visit cost
- Physical therapy cost
- Heart test cost
- Sleep study cost
- Flu shot cost
- Childhood vaccine cost
- Stitches cost
- Mole removal cost
- Cortisone shot cost
- Upper endoscopy cost
- Coronary calcium score cost
- Nuclear stress test cost
- Circumcision cost
- Strep test cost
- Earwax removal cost
- Bone density scan cost
- Cholesterol test (lipid panel) cost
- Complete blood count (CBC) cost
- Cardioversion cost
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Delaware hospitals 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.