US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Cc in Washington

MS-DRG 375: Digestive malignancy with cc

$49,496typical hospital bill
$11,629typical amount paid
$11,105–$12,381range paid across 4 hospitals

Washington hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,496 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Valley Medical CenterRenton13$56,722$11,105
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland12$45,128$11,220
Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup11$49,994$12,037
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma11$48,999$12,381

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.