Cheapest hospitals in Virginia without insurance
Of 66 hospitals in Virginia we can compare, Lee County Community Hospital (Pennington Gap) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 73% below the Virginia median across 331 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Virginia hospitals, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lee County Community Hospital Pennington Gap | 73% below | 327 of 331 | 4 of 331 |
| 2. Dickenson Community Hospital Clintwood | 73% below | 327 of 331 | 4 of 331 |
| 3. Russell County Hospital Lebanon | 73% below | 372 of 376 | 1 of 376 |
| 4. Smyth County Community Hospital Marion | 73% below | 372 of 376 | 1 of 376 |
| 5. Lonesome Pine Hospital Big Stone Gap | 72% below | 394 of 398 | 1 of 398 |
| 6. Johnston Memorial Hospital Abingdon | 72% below | 373 of 377 | 1 of 377 |
| 7. Augusta Health Fishersville | 51% below | 294 of 339 | 42 of 339 |
| 8. Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock | 39% below | 309 of 351 | 40 of 351 |
| 9. Riverside Smithfield Hospital Smithfield | 32% below | 371 of 416 | 42 of 416 |
| 10. Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville | 31% below | 328 of 385 | 47 of 385 |
| 11. Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg | 31% below | 328 of 385 | 47 of 385 |
| 12. Mary Washington Hospital Fredericksburg | 30% below | 341 of 394 | 46 of 394 |
| 13. Stafford Hospital Stafford | 30% below | 341 of 394 | 46 of 394 |
| 14. Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital Franklin | 30% below | 264 of 339 | 74 of 339 |
| 15. Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital Rocky Mt | 28% below | 259 of 329 | 23 of 329 |
| 16. Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Christiansburg | 26% below | 283 of 364 | 30 of 364 |
| 17. Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital Roanoke | 26% below | 286 of 368 | 31 of 368 |
| 18. Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Roanoke | 26% below | 286 of 368 | 31 of 368 |
| 19. Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston | 23% below | 263 of 381 | 105 of 381 |
| 20. Bath Community Hospital Hot Springs | 22% below | 268 of 369 | 95 of 369 |
| 21. Carilion Giles Community Hospital Roanoke | 22% below | 252 of 334 | 36 of 334 |
| 22. Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital Tazewell | 21% below | 244 of 326 | 38 of 326 |
| 23. Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital Lexington | 21% below | 251 of 336 | 37 of 336 |
| 24. Chesapeake General Hospital Chesapeake | 12% below | 224 of 358 | 131 of 358 |
| 25. Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach | at median | 132 of 391 | 126 of 391 |
| 26. Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton | at median | 131 of 390 | 126 of 390 |
| 27. Sentara Obici Hospital Suffolk | at median | 131 of 390 | 126 of 390 |
| 28. Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk | at median | 130 of 389 | 126 of 389 |
| 29. Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk | at median | 130 of 389 | 126 of 389 |
| 30. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk | at median | 130 of 389 | 126 of 389 |
| 31. Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge | at median | 130 of 389 | 126 of 389 |
| 32. Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach | at median | 130 of 389 | 126 of 389 |
| 33. Fauquier Health Warrenton | at median | 197 of 400 | 200 of 400 |
| 34. Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria | 8% above | 128 of 404 | 234 of 404 |
| 35. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax | 8% above | 128 of 404 | 234 of 404 |
| 36. Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church | 8% above | 128 of 404 | 234 of 404 |
| 37. Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg | 8% above | 128 of 404 | 234 of 404 |
| 38. Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria | 8% above | 128 of 404 | 234 of 404 |
| 39. Sovah Health - Danville Danville | 9% above | 179 of 419 | 229 of 419 |
| 40. Sovah Health - Martinsville Martinsville | 10% above | 158 of 389 | 220 of 389 |
| 41. Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth | 15% above | 131 of 439 | 283 of 439 |
| 42. Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk | 17% above | 98 of 359 | 240 of 359 |
| 43. Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond Richmond | 17% above | 126 of 466 | 297 of 466 |
| 44. Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News | 17% above | 110 of 418 | 279 of 418 |
| 45. Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Mechanicsville | 19% above | 124 of 445 | 283 of 445 |
| 46. Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Richmond | 20% above | 96 of 346 | 223 of 346 |
| 47. Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center Midlothian | 20% above | 127 of 450 | 287 of 450 |
| 48. Twin County Regional Healthcare Galax | 25% above | 130 of 389 | 258 of 389 |
| 49. Bon Secours Southside Medical Center Petersburg | 26% above | 138 of 420 | 278 of 420 |
| 50. Wythe County Community Hospital Wytheville | 35% above | 116 of 384 | 264 of 384 |
| 51. Bon Secours Southern Virginia Medical Center Emporia | 51% above | 115 of 339 | 224 of 339 |
| 52. Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk | 58% above | 90 of 370 | 280 of 370 |
| 53. Clinch Valley Health Richlands | 69% above | 91 of 407 | 313 of 407 |
| 54. Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery Christiansburg | 257% above | 11 of 289 | 278 of 289 |
| 55. Reston Hospital Center Reston | 258% above | 3 of 290 | 287 of 290 |
| 56. Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany Low Moor | 265% above | 5 of 275 | 269 of 275 |
| 57. Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center Fredericksburg | 267% above | 3 of 292 | 289 of 292 |
| 58. Stonesprings Hospital Center Dulles | 268% above | 2 of 277 | 274 of 277 |
| 59. Lewisgale Medical Center Roanoke | 313% above | 4 of 303 | 298 of 303 |
| 60. Chippenham Hospital Chesterfield | 346% above | 1 of 304 | 300 of 304 |
| 61. Johnston-Willis Hospital Richmond | 346% above | 2 of 304 | 299 of 304 |
| 62. Henrico Doctors Hospital - Forest Mechanicsville | 348% above | 1 of 316 | 312 of 316 |
| 63. Retreat Doctors Hospital Richmond | 349% above | 2 of 316 | 311 of 316 |
| 64. Parham Doctors Hospital Richmond | 350% above | 2 of 317 | 312 of 317 |
| 65. Tricities Hospital Prince George | 351% above | 3 of 285 | 281 of 285 |
| 66. Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski Pulaski | 371% above | 9 of 287 | 277 of 287 |
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: Hiram W Davis Medical Center (Petersburg), Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital (Norfolk) — their price files list no cash price (all US hospitals without one).
Procedure costs in Virginia
- MRI cost
- CT scan cost
- X-ray cost
- Ultrasound cost
- ER visit cost
- Blood test cost
- STD test cost
- Colonoscopy cost
- Doctor visit cost
- Annual physical cost
- Physical therapy cost
- Mammogram cost
- Heart test cost
- Therapy session cost
- Sleep study cost
- Dental work cost
- Flu shot cost
- COVID-19 vaccine cost
- Vaccine cost
- Childhood vaccine cost
- Stitches cost
- Mole removal cost
- Cortisone shot cost
- Hysterectomy cost
- Joint replacement cost
- Knee arthroscopy cost
- Shoulder surgery cost
- Cataract surgery cost
- Hernia repair cost
- Gallbladder removal cost
- Appendectomy cost
- Tonsillectomy cost
- Upper endoscopy cost
- Lumbar discectomy cost
- Spinal fusion cost
- Sinus surgery cost
- Thyroid surgery cost
- Hand surgery cost
- Coronary calcium score cost
- Nuclear stress test cost
- Vasectomy cost
- Circumcision cost
- Septoplasty cost
- Strep test cost
- Earwax removal cost
- Bone density scan cost
- Cholesterol test (lipid panel) cost
- Complete blood count (CBC) cost
- Cardioversion cost
Cheapest hospitals by metro area in Virginia
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Virginia 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.