Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Washington — Compare All Hospitals
A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, straining the heart and making it hard to breathe. Care involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen, and close monitoring of the heart and lungs, sometimes in an intensive care unit.
State average
$36,699
gross charge · DRG 175
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$4,176 – $144,772
low to high
Data notes for Washington
- The lowest published charge ($4,176 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 $4,176 - 2
Pullman Regional Hospital
Pullman, WA
Gross charge $9,612Cash pay $8,170 - 3
Forks Community Hospital
Forks, WA
Gross charge $14,502Cash pay $11,602 - 4
Island Hospital
Anacortes, WA
Gross charge $20,516 - 5
Trios Health Southridge Hospital
Kennewick, WA
Gross charge $23,056Cash pay $9,222 - 6
Jefferson Healthcare
Port Townsend, WA
Gross charge $27,704Cash pay $22,163 - 7
Valley Medical Center
Renton, WA
Gross charge $49,257Cash pay $34,480Medicare pays (avg) $10,332 - 8
Othello Community Hospital
Othello, WA
Gross charge $144,772Cash pay $108,579 - 9
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Gross charge — - 10
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (Acute Care)
Auburn, WA
Gross charge — - 11
St. Clare Hospital
Lakewood, WA
Gross charge — - 12
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
Yakima, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,103 - 13
Deaconess Medical Center
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 14
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Puyallup, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,294 - 15
St. Joseph Medical Center (Acute Care)
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge — - 16
Multicare Valley Hospital
Spokane Valley, WA
Gross charge — - 17
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,177 - 18
St. Francis Hospital
Federal Way, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,846 - 19
St. Anthony Hospital
Gig Harbor, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,572 - 20
MultiCare Covington Medical Center
Covington, WA
Gross charge — - 21
Prosser Memorial Hospital
Prosser, WA
Gross charge — - 22
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Enumclaw, WA
Gross charge — - 23
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center
Longview, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,212 - 24
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
Vancouver, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,972 - 25
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics
Bellevue, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,508 - 26
Harborview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge — - 27
St. Michael Medical Center
Silverdale, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,052 - 28
MultiCare Capital Medical Center
Olympia, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,619
8 Washington hospitals list a gross charge for pulmonary embolism under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,176 to $144,772. The cheapest is Lake Chelan Health Hospital in Chelan; the most expensive is Othello Community Hospital in Othello. The state average sits at $36,699.
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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 175 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.