US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Washington

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$93,201typical hospital bill
$18,613typical amount paid
$16,691–$23,451range paid across 30 hospitals

Washington hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,201 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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 Harbor11$137,235$16,691
Multicare Valley HospitalSpokane Valley17$80,925$16,802
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokane11$81,062$16,983
Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland21$88,537$17,075
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland45$86,251$17,440
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee34$86,283$17,683
Yakima Valley MemorialYakima27$53,431$17,733
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett41$118,268$17,811
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla Walla19$69,484$17,911
Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles13$49,967$17,925
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue35$137,950$18,127
Peacehealth St John Medical CenterLongview17$154,857$18,152
Grays Harbor Community HospitalAberdeen17$128,774$18,451
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma24$93,882$18,519
Peacehealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver22$105,800$18,572
Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup26$92,520$18,655
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver15$55,970$18,826
Valley Medical CenterRenton32$128,385$18,856
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale28$121,662$19,064
Trios HealthKennewick11$85,557$19,144
Providence Centralia HospitalCentralia15$110,402$19,145
Swedish IssaquahIssaquah12$130,090$19,417
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon13$96,458$19,418
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham40$113,691$19,508
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia44$105,186$19,542
Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Spokane35$77,854$20,575
Island HospitalAnacortes15$54,002$21,239
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle15$114,051$21,409
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle36$84,253$22,764
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle11$82,122$23,451

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.