DRG 603 · Skin

Cellulitis Cost in Washington — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.

State average
$23,818
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$7,015 – $49,665
low to high
Lowest $7,015 Highest $49,665

9 Washington hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,015 to $49,665. The cheapest is East Adams Rural Healthcare in Ritzville; the most expensive is Arbor Health—Morton Hospital in Morton. The state average sits at $23,818.

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 cellulitis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent cellulitis admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $7,015
    Cash pay $5,261
  2. 2

    Pullman Regional Hospital

    Pullman, WA

    Gross charge $7,404
    Cash pay $6,294
  3. 3
    Gross charge $13,530
    Cash pay $10,147
  4. 4

    Jefferson Healthcare

    Port Townsend, WA

    Gross charge $20,038
    Cash pay $16,030
  5. 5

    Island Hospital

    Anacortes, WA

    Gross charge $22,224
  6. 6
    Gross charge $25,786
    Cash pay $21,919
  7. 7

    Trios Health Southridge Hospital

    Kennewick, WA

    Gross charge $33,416
    Cash pay $13,366
  8. 8

    Valley Medical Center

    Renton, WA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $35,286
    Cash pay $24,700
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,937
  9. 9
    Gross charge $49,665
    Cash pay $30,792
  10. 10

    Virginia Mason Medical Center

    Seattle, WA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,252
  11. 11

    MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Auburn, WA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,833
  12. 12

    St. Clare Hospital

    Lakewood, WA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,961
  13. 13

    MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital

    Yakima, WA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,112
  14. 14

    Deaconess Medical Center

    Spokane, WA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,140
  15. 15

    MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)

    Puyallup, WA

    49 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,820
  16. 16

    St. Joseph Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Tacoma, WA

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Multicare Valley Hospital

    Spokane Valley, WA

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    MultiCare Allenmore Hospital

    Tacoma, WA

    53 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,901
  19. 19

    St. Francis Hospital

    Federal Way, WA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    St. Anthony Hospital

    Gig Harbor, WA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,651
  21. 21

    MultiCare Covington Medical Center

    Covington, WA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,262
  22. 22

    Prosser Memorial Hospital

    Prosser, WA

    Gross charge
  23. 23
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $1,591
  24. 24

    St. Elizabeth Hospital

    Enumclaw, WA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center

    Longview, WA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,267
  26. 26

    PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

    Vancouver, WA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,507
  27. 27

    Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics

    Bellevue, WA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,980
  28. 28

    Harborview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Seattle, WA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,005
  29. 29

    St. Michael Medical Center

    Silverdale, WA

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,065
  30. 30

    MultiCare Capital Medical Center

    Olympia, WA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,920

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