Best-Value US Hospitals — Top-Rated, Below-Average Prices

Hospitals that score well on both price and quality — rated 4–5★ by Medicare’s Care Compare, yet charging a below-average cash price across the procedures they publish. Ranked by how far below the national average their prices sit.

100 best-value hospitals nationwide.

#	Hospital	Location	CMS rating	vs US avg	Recommend
1	Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland, MD	★ 4/5	70% below	55%
2	Ochsner Medical Center Acute	New Orleans, LA	★ 4/5	70% below	72%
3	Pih Health Downey Hospital	Downey, CA	★ 4/5	70% below	73%
4	Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner	Kenner, LA	★ 4/5	69% below	67%
5	Monroe Hospital	Bloomington, IN	★ 4/5	69% below	84%
6	Roane Medical Center	Harriman, TN	★ 4/5	69% below	73%
7	Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge, TN	★ 4/5	69% below	71%
8	Leconte Medical Center	Sevierville, TN	★ 5/5	69% below	70%
9	Cumberland Medical Center	Crossville, TN	★ 4/5	69% below	64%
10	North Texas Medical Center	Gainesville, TX	★ 4/5	69% below	73%
11	Knapp Medical Center	Weslaco, TX	★ 5/5	69% below	63%
12	Mission Regional Medical Center	Mission, TX	★ 4/5	69% below	69%
13	Lake Huron Medical Center	Port Huron, MI	★ 4/5	69% below	68%
14	Harlingen Medical Center	Harlingen, TX	★ 4/5	69% below	77%
15	Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	★ 4/5	68% below	68%
16	Fort Loudoun Medical Center	Lenoir City, TN	★ 4/5	68% below	71%
17	Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Inc	Newnan, GA	★ 5/5	68% below	92%
18	Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical	Montclair, NJ	★ 4/5	67% below	62%
19	Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital	Shelbyville, TN	★ 4/5	66% below	69%
20	Natchitoches Regional Medical Center	Natchitoches, LA	★ 4/5	66% below	67%
21	St Bernard Parish Hospital	Chalmette, LA	★ 4/5	65% below	71%
22	Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center	Reno, NV	★ 4/5	65% below	71%
23	Banner Thunderbird Medical Center	Glendale, AZ	★ 4/5	65% below	57%
24	Chino Valley Medical Center	Chino, CA	★ 4/5	64% below	61%
25	Saint Michael's Medical Center	Newark, NJ	★ 4/5	63% below	71%
26	Western Missouri Medical Center	Warrensburg, MO	★ 4/5	63% below	66%
27	St Clair Hospital	Pittsburgh, PA	★ 4/5	63% below	73%
28	McLaren Thumb Region	Bad Axe, MI	★ 5/5	63% below	63%
29	University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie, MD	★ 5/5	62% below	66%
30	Holmes Regional Medical Center	Melbourne, FL	★ 4/5	62% below	62%
31	Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton	Hamilton, NJ	★ 4/5	62% below	64%
32	Viera Hospital	Melbourne, FL	★ 5/5	62% below	73%
33	University Health System, Inc	Knoxville, TN	★ 4/5	61% below	77%
34	University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics	Chicago, IL	★ 4/5	61% below	65%
35	Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital	East Norriton, PA	★ 4/5	61% below	61%
36	Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	★ 5/5	60% below	77%
37	Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Llc	Oklahoma City, OK	★ 4/5	59% below	91%
38	Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, Llc	Oklahoma City, OK	★ 5/5	59% below	92%
39	Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County	Huntingdon, TN	★ 4/5	59% below	78%
40	Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County	New Albany, MS	★ 4/5	59% below	76%
41	Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms	Oxford, MS	★ 4/5	59% below	78%
42	Banner Payson Medical Center	Payson, AZ	★ 4/5	58% below	69%
43	Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City	Union City, TN	★ 4/5	58% below	69%
44	Cox Medical Center Branson	Branson, MO	★ 4/5	57% below	71%
45	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down	Iowa City, IA	★ 4/5	57% below	69%
46	Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway	Rahway, NJ	★ 4/5	57% below	65%
47	Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital	Grand Rapids, MN	★ 4/5	57% below	66%
48	Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island	Providence, RI	★ 4/5	56% below	71%
49	Russellville Hospital	Russellville, AL	★ 4/5	55% below	66%
50	Westerly Hospital	Westerly, RI	★ 4/5	55% below	76%
51	Cheshire Medical Center	Keene, NH	★ 4/5	55% below	66%
52	Calverthealth Medical Center	Prince Frederick, MD	★ 5/5	53% below	69%
53	Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown, MD	★ 4/5	53% below	60%
54	University of Michigan Health-West	Wyoming, MI	★ 4/5	53% below	78%
55	Saint Joseph Mount Sterling	Mount Sterling, KY	★ 4/5	52% below	72%
56	CHI Saint Joseph Berea Nf	Berea, KY	★ 4/5	52% below	80%
57	St Vincent Medical Center/north	Sherwood, AR	★ 4/5	52% below	77%
58	University of Michigan Health System	Ann Arbor, MI	★ 4/5	52% below	82%
59	Maple Grove Hospital	Maple Grove, MN	★ 5/5	51% below	78%
60	Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury, MD	★ 4/5	51% below	66%
61	University Health Lakewood Medical Center	Kansas City, MO	★ 4/5	50% below	67%
62	NYU Langone Hospitals	New York, NY	★ 5/5	50% below	75%
63	Johnson Regional Medical Center	Clarksville, AR	★ 4/5	50% below	64%
64	Northern Light Mercy Hospital	Portland, ME	★ 4/5	49% below	85%
65	Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor, ME	★ 5/5	49% below	60%
66	Ascension St John Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow, OK	★ 4/5	48% below	78%
67	Duke University Hospital	Durham, NC	★ 5/5	48% below	80%
68	Duke Regional Hospital	Durham, NC	★ 5/5	48% below	76%
69	Ascension Ne Wisconsin-St Elizabeth Campus	Appleton, WI	★ 4/5	48% below	68%
70	Fairview Northland Regional Hospital	Princeton, MN	★ 4/5	48% below	73%
71	M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital	Woodbury, MN	★ 4/5	47% below	70%
72	East Cooper Medical Center	Mount Pleasant, SC	★ 4/5	47% below	75%
73	McCurtain Memorial Hospital	Idabel, OK	★ 4/5	47% below	54%
74	Southeast Health Medical Center	Dothan, AL	★ 4/5	47% below	79%
75	Coastal Carolina Hospital	Hardeeville, SC	★ 4/5	47% below	61%
76	M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital	Edina, MN	★ 5/5	47% below	71%
77	Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center	La Crosse, WI	★ 4/5	46% below	80%
78	Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics	West Union, IA	★ 5/5	46% below	75%
79	St John Owasso	Owasso, OK	★ 5/5	46% below	79%
80	Ozark Health	Clinton, AR	★ 4/5	45% below	71%
81	Adventist Health Castle	Kailua, HI	★ 4/5	45% below	78%
82	The Nebraska Methodist Hospital	Omaha, NE	★ 4/5	44% below	84%
83	M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital	Burnsville, MN	★ 4/5	44% below	66%
84	Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and Novi	Southfield, MI	★ 4/5	44% below	65%
85	University of Kansas Hospital	Kansas City, KS	★ 5/5	44% below	84%
86	Alliance Community Hospital	Alliance, OH	★ 4/5	44% below	68%
87	Abbott Northwestern Hospital	Minneapolis, MN	★ 4/5	44% below	72%
88	The Women's Hospital	Newburgh, IN	★ 5/5	43% below	84%
89	M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center	Minneapolis, MN	★ 4/5	43% below	69%
90	M Health Fairview St John's Hospital	Maplewood, MN	★ 5/5	43% below	66%
91	Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington, NJ	★ 4/5	43% below	62%
92	Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital	Sainte Genevieve, MO	★ 4/5	43% below	70%
93	CHI St Alexius Health	Bismarck, ND	★ 4/5	43% below	69%
94	Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center	Enola, PA	★ 4/5	42% below	78%
95	Scripps Mercy Hospital	San Diego, CA	★ 4/5	42% below	69%
96	Medstar Harbor Hospital	Baltimore, MD	★ 4/5	41% below	63%
97	Scripps Memorial Hospital-Encinitas	Encinitas, CA	★ 4/5	41% below	80%
98	Community Memorial Hospital-Ventura	Ventura, CA	★ 4/5	41% below	81%
99	Scripps Green Hospital	La Jolla, CA	★ 5/5	41% below	86%
100	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla	La Jolla, CA	★ 5/5	40% below	85%

vs US avg = how far this hospital’s median cash price sits below the national median across the procedures it publishes (≥10 procedures required). Quality = CMS Care Compare overall rating. Estimates — confirm with the hospital.