Back Problems Cost in Washington — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
State average
$32,929
gross charge · DRG 551
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$19,430 – $45,846
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Jefferson Healthcare
Port Townsend, WA
Gross charge $19,430Cash pay $15,544 - 2
Island Hospital
Anacortes, WA
Gross charge $20,299 - 3
Forks Community Hospital
Forks, WA
Gross charge $35,502Cash pay $28,401 - 4
Othello Community Hospital
Othello, WA
Gross charge $43,567Cash pay $32,675 - 5
Valley Medical Center
Renton, WA
Gross charge $45,846Cash pay $32,092 - 6
Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Acute Care)
Walla Walla, WA
Gross charge — - 7
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Gross charge — - 8
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Everett, WA
Gross charge — - 9
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (Acute Care)
Auburn, WA
Gross charge — - 10
Providence Centralia Hospital (Acute Care)
Centralia, WA
Gross charge — - 11
St. Clare Hospital
Lakewood, WA
Gross charge — - 12
Providence St. Peter Hospital
Olympia, WA
Gross charge — - 13
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill
Seattle, WA
Gross charge — - 14
Swedish Edmonds Campus
Edmonds, WA
Gross charge — - 15
Swedish Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,093 - 16
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
Yakima, WA
Gross charge — - 17
St. Michael Medical Center
Silverdale, WA
Gross charge — - 18
Deaconess Medical Center
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 19
Prov Sacred Hrt Medical Center & Childs Hospital
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 20
Kadlec Regional Medical Center
Richland, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,523 - 21
Providence Holy Family Hospital
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 22
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Puyallup, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,614 - 23
St. Joseph Medical Center (Acute Care)
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,886 - 24
Multicare Valley Hospital
Spokane Valley, WA
Gross charge — - 25
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,541 - 26
MultiCare Capital Medical Center
Olympia, WA
Gross charge — - 27
St. Francis Hospital
Federal Way, WA
Gross charge — - 28
St. Anthony Hospital
Gig Harbor, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,051 - 29
Swedish Issaquah Campus
Issaquah, WA
Gross charge — - 30
MultiCare Covington Medical Center
Covington, WA
Gross charge — - 31
Providence St. Joseph's Hospital
Chewelah, WA
Gross charge — - 32
Prosser Memorial Hospital
Prosser, WA
Gross charge — - 33
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital
Colville, WA
Gross charge — - 34
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Enumclaw, WA
Gross charge — - 35
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center
Longview, WA
Gross charge — - 36
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
Vancouver, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,400 - 37
Overlake Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bellevue, WA
Gross charge — - 38
Harborview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,005
5 Washington hospitals list a gross charge for back problems under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $19,430 to $45,846. The cheapest is Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend; the most expensive is Valley Medical Center in Renton. The state average sits at $32,929.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems in Washington, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Washington hospitals missing from the list either don't perform back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.