US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in Washington

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$57,430typical hospital bill
$13,575typical amount paid
$11,706–$20,890range paid across 38 hospitals

Washington hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,430 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Multicare Valley HospitalSpokane Valley28$35,462$11,706
St Anthony HospitalGig Harbor60$67,743$11,913
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue37$56,016$12,108
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokane27$31,205$12,125
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee31$45,804$12,228
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver25$50,678$12,478
Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles15$24,503$12,600
Yakima Valley MemorialYakima53$50,267$12,739
Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland54$64,299$12,750
St Clare HospitalLakewood11$96,786$12,874
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland86$54,229$12,923
Samaritan HospitalMoses Lake11$46,147$13,015
Valley Medical CenterRenton48$56,057$13,065
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla Walla29$37,208$13,079
Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAuburn30$51,793$13,103
Grays Harbor Community HospitalAberdeen32$47,063$13,113
Providence Centralia HospitalCentralia24$57,656$13,422
Swedish IssaquahIssaquah29$57,205$13,460
Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup78$54,779$13,555
Peacehealth St John Medical CenterLongview22$51,626$13,594
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokane34$65,833$13,682
Peacehealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver48$54,662$13,790
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett40$71,311$13,807
Highline Medical CenterBurien20$79,307$13,813
Trios HealthKennewick20$45,389$13,843
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmonds30$62,241$14,098
St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma33$93,226$14,500
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia62$70,191$14,515
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham36$72,410$14,535
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma58$47,359$14,671
Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Spokane28$64,904$15,094
St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way23$80,516$16,352
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon25$79,609$16,658
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle22$59,031$16,738
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale42$120,367$17,077
Harborview Medical CenterSeattle15$71,080$17,126
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle32$84,296$17,218
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle58$74,906$20,890

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.