C-Section Cost in Washington — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$42,451
gross charge · DRG 786
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$31,922 – $52,516
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Island Hospital
Anacortes, WA
Gross charge $31,922 - 2
Trios Health Southridge Hospital
Kennewick, WA
Gross charge $39,612Cash pay $15,845 - 3
Valley Medical Center
Renton, WA
Gross charge $42,653Cash pay $29,857 - 4
Othello Community Hospital
Othello, WA
Gross charge $45,552Cash pay $34,164 - 5
Lake Chelan Health Hospital
Chelan, WA
Gross charge $52,516 - 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 — - 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 — - 21
Providence Holy Family Hospital
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 22
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Puyallup, WA
Gross charge — - 23
St. Joseph Medical Center (Acute Care)
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge — - 24
Multicare Valley Hospital
Spokane Valley, WA
Gross charge — - 25
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge — - 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 — - 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 — - 37
Overlake Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bellevue, WA
Gross charge — - 38
Harborview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —
5 Washington hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $31,922 to $52,516. The cheapest is Island Hospital in Anacortes; the most expensive is Lake Chelan Health Hospital in Chelan. The state average sits at $42,451.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. 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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Washington, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 786 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.