US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Washington

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$43,548typical hospital bill
$9,253typical amount paid
$7,891–$12,242range paid across 38 hospitals

Washington hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,548 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla Walla21$35,204$7,891
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokane31$41,050$7,991
St Anthony HospitalGig Harbor53$51,747$8,154
Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland67$44,016$8,161
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue39$45,996$8,359
Capital Medical CenterOlympia20$55,176$8,538
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee50$26,651$8,586
Grays Harbor Community HospitalAberdeen20$43,220$8,599
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokane31$31,269$8,673
Yakima Valley MemorialYakima48$31,922$8,691
Island HospitalAnacortes16$19,310$8,753
Multicare Valley HospitalSpokane Valley23$34,337$8,793
Swedish IssaquahIssaquah25$50,217$8,794
Providence Centralia HospitalCentralia19$47,326$8,930
St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma25$55,755$9,115
Highline Medical CenterBurien12$61,365$9,193
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia67$47,961$9,206
Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Spokane34$43,244$9,212
Trios HealthKennewick28$37,782$9,225
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland85$47,554$9,281
Valley Medical CenterRenton33$37,519$9,345
Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles18$21,975$9,436
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver31$33,454$9,439
St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way36$52,861$9,522
Peacehealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver41$43,852$9,590
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon40$45,646$9,674
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale67$61,406$9,768
Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup63$42,596$9,816
St Clare HospitalLakewood19$47,293$9,847
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett55$42,166$10,038
Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAuburn14$41,134$10,218
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma63$42,906$10,273
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham80$48,500$10,582
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle64$38,207$10,821
Peacehealth St John Medical CenterLongview17$53,738$11,180
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle50$38,386$11,567
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle43$68,220$11,856
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmonds23$79,248$12,242

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.