Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Washington — Compare All Hospitals
Major joint replacement or reattachment of the lower extremity — most commonly elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for hip & knee replacement. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–3 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Operating room time and surgical-team facility fees
- Inpatient room, nursing, and routine medications during the stay
- Implant-related facility charges (varies by hospital — sometimes itemized separately)
- Recovery-room and immediate post-op monitoring
- On-site physical therapy started during admission
Usually billed separately
- Surgeon and anesthesiologist professional fees (billed separately, often by an unaffiliated practice)
- Pre-surgical imaging (MRI/X-ray) and lab work
- Outpatient physical therapy after discharge
- Home health visits or skilled nursing facility stays if needed
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does hip & knee replacement best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Hip/Knee Complications
Tracks how often patients have a serious surgical or medical complication within 90 days — the single most direct quality signal for this surgery.
Hip/Knee Readmissions
How often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower means better recovery planning and follow-up.
Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
Joint replacements carry a real infection risk because implants can't fight bacteria the way native tissue can. Lower SIR is better.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication with nurses, pain control, and discharge planning directly affect recovery for major orthopedic surgery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For hip & knee replacement, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with significant heart, lung, or bleeding-disorder risk, complication and rescue rates often matter more than price.
- Revision surgery (replacement of a prior implant) is technically harder and tends to do better at a high-volume center.
- When extensive post-acute rehab is expected, a hospital with an on-site inpatient rehab unit may be worth a higher total cost.
- When a specific surgeon only operates at certain facilities, surgeon experience usually outweighs price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is the surgeon, anesthesiologist, implant, and on-site physical therapy included in this estimate?
- Is the orthopedic surgeon and anesthesia group in-network for my insurance?
- What is the typical out-of-pocket once my deductible and coinsurance apply?
- What is the hospital's surgical-site infection rate for joint replacements?
- Will I be discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility? Is that cost covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Olympic Medical Center
Port Angeles, WA
Gross charge $43,030Cash pay $34,424 - 2
Pullman Regional Hospital
Pullman, WA
Gross charge $44,630Cash pay $37,936 - 3
Kittitas Valley Healthcare
Ellensburg, WA
Gross charge $59,622Cash pay $50,678 - 4
Island Hospital
Anacortes, WA
Gross charge $67,194Medicare pays (avg) $15,053 - 5
Trios Health Southridge Hospital
Kennewick, WA
Gross charge $78,993Cash pay $31,597Medicare pays (avg) $14,990 - 6
Valley Medical Center
Renton, WA
Gross charge $97,787Cash pay $68,451 - 7
Jefferson Healthcare
Port Townsend, WA
Gross charge $122,199Cash pay $97,759 - 8
Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Acute Care)
Walla Walla, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,371 - 9
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,184 - 10
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Everett, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,455 - 11
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (Acute Care)
Auburn, WA
Gross charge — - 12
Providence Centralia Hospital (Acute Care)
Centralia, WA
Gross charge — - 13
St. Clare Hospital
Lakewood, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,118 - 14
Providence St. Peter Hospital
Olympia, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,283 - 15
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill
Seattle, WA
Gross charge — - 16
Swedish Edmonds Campus
Edmonds, WA
Gross charge — - 17
Swedish Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,072 - 18
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
Yakima, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,176 - 19
St. Michael Medical Center
Silverdale, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,660 - 20
Deaconess Medical Center
Spokane, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,076 - 21
Prov Sacred Hrt Medical Center & Childs Hospital
Spokane, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,544 - 22
Kadlec Regional Medical Center
Richland, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,426 - 23
Providence Holy Family Hospital
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 24
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Puyallup, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,006 - 25
St. Joseph Medical Center (Acute Care)
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge — - 26
Multicare Valley Hospital
Spokane Valley, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,383 - 27
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,765 - 28
MultiCare Capital Medical Center
Olympia, WA
Gross charge — - 29
St. Francis Hospital
Federal Way, WA
Gross charge — - 30
St. Anthony Hospital
Gig Harbor, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,651 - 31
Swedish Issaquah Campus
Issaquah, WA
Gross charge — - 32
MultiCare Covington Medical Center
Covington, WA
Gross charge — - 33
Providence St. Joseph's Hospital
Chewelah, WA
Gross charge — - 34
Prosser Memorial Hospital
Prosser, WA
Gross charge — - 35
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital
Colville, WA
Gross charge — - 36
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Enumclaw, WA
Gross charge — - 37
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center
Longview, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,798 - 38
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
Vancouver, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,059 - 39
Overlake Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bellevue, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,418 - 40
Harborview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —
7 Washington hospitals list a gross charge for hip & knee replacement under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $43,030 to $122,199. The cheapest is Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles; the most expensive is Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend. The state average sits at $73,351.
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 hip & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement 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 hip & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 470 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.