US Health Care Costs

Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc in Washington

MS-DRG 981: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc

$182,549typical hospital bill
$44,327typical amount paid
$36,752–$90,481range paid across 15 hospitals

Washington hospitals billed Medicare a typical $182,549 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma17$158,525$36,752
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokane12$145,015$38,111
Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup13$167,029$38,293
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland21$163,598$38,861
Yakima Valley MemorialYakima13$128,644$40,404
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett21$285,087$41,009
St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma15$259,326$42,410
Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Spokane19$174,708$44,327
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia17$247,272$47,416
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham12$182,549$49,281
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee11$175,501$49,840
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle26$189,077$52,811
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale19$320,999$59,966
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle31$208,358$65,675
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle12$358,735$90,481

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.