Cheapest hospitals in Vermont without insurance
Of 8 hospitals in Vermont we can compare, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (St. Johnsbury) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 32% below the Vermont median across 361 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Vermont hospitals, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury | 32% below | 278 of 361 | 68 of 361 |
| 2. Brattleboro Retreat Brattleboro | 23% below | 23 of 31 | 8 of 31 |
| 3. Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro | 14% below | 250 of 364 | 64 of 364 |
| 4. Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Bennington | 8% below | 231 of 398 | 94 of 398 |
| 5. Porter Hospital Middlebury | 6% above | 91 of 371 | 220 of 371 |
| 6. North Country Hospital & Health Center Newport | 9% above | 95 of 343 | 201 of 343 |
| 7. University of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care Burlington | 27% above | 147 of 416 | 235 of 416 |
| 8. Central Vermont Medical Center Berlin | 34% above | 75 of 408 | 300 of 408 |
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Vermont 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.