Medical Back Problems Cost in Washington — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.
State average
$16,405
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$2,069 – $44,117
low to high
Data notes for Washington
- The lowest published charge ($2,069 at Lake Chelan Health Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lake Chelan Health Hospital
Chelan, WA
Gross charge $2,069 - 2
Kittitas Valley Healthcare
Ellensburg, WA
Gross charge $4,258Cash pay $3,619 - 3
Pullman Regional Hospital
Pullman, WA
Gross charge $8,074Cash pay $6,863 - 4
Island Hospital
Anacortes, WA
Gross charge $12,848 - 5
Jefferson Healthcare
Port Townsend, WA
Gross charge $13,296Cash pay $10,637 - 6
Trios Health Southridge Hospital
Kennewick, WA
Gross charge $30,170Cash pay $12,068Medicare pays (avg) $7,368 - 7
Valley Medical Center
Renton, WA
Gross charge $44,117Cash pay $30,882Medicare pays (avg) $6,674 - 8
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,974 - 9
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (Acute Care)
Auburn, WA
Gross charge — - 10
St. Clare Hospital
Lakewood, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,076 - 11
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
Yakima, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,579 - 12
Deaconess Medical Center
Spokane, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,484 - 13
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Puyallup, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,682 - 14
St. Joseph Medical Center (Acute Care)
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,655 - 15
Multicare Valley Hospital
Spokane Valley, WA
Gross charge — - 16
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,039 - 17
St. Francis Hospital
Federal Way, WA
Gross charge — - 18
St. Anthony Hospital
Gig Harbor, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,322 - 19
MultiCare Covington Medical Center
Covington, WA
Gross charge — - 20
Prosser Memorial Hospital
Prosser, WA
Gross charge — - 21
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Enumclaw, WA
Gross charge — - 22
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center
Longview, WA
Gross charge — - 23
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
Vancouver, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,561 - 24
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics
Bellevue, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,582 - 25
Harborview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,658 - 26
St. Michael Medical Center
Silverdale, WA
Gross charge — - 27
MultiCare Capital Medical Center
Olympia, WA
Gross charge —
7 Washington hospitals list a gross charge for medical back problems under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,069 to $44,117. The cheapest is Lake Chelan Health Hospital in Chelan; the most expensive is Valley Medical Center in Renton. The state average sits at $16,405.
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 medical 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 medical 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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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.