US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications in Washington

MS-DRG 811: Red blood cell disorders with mcc

$58,059typical hospital bill
$12,543typical amount paid
$11,349–$17,899range paid across 24 hospitals

Washington hospitals billed Medicare a typical $58,059 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
St Anthony HospitalGig Harbor24$62,592$11,349
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue11$66,106$11,350
Capital Medical CenterOlympia12$54,475$11,544
Multicare Valley HospitalSpokane Valley11$53,245$11,570
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokane19$37,505$11,690
Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Spokane13$53,243$11,802
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee19$46,256$12,274
Swedish IssaquahIssaquah12$57,035$12,279
Yakima Valley MemorialYakima18$46,361$12,315
St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma18$58,023$12,321
Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup39$59,904$12,477
Peacehealth St John Medical CenterLongview11$52,674$12,487
Peacehealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver15$63,002$12,598
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia16$63,502$12,913
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland20$68,902$12,988
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver11$50,958$13,081
Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAuburn14$46,605$13,279
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham47$58,095$13,292
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett14$57,779$13,963
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale25$84,758$14,401
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma17$59,873$14,455
St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way11$73,713$15,172
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle14$68,784$15,461
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle22$66,003$17,899

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.