Sepsis Cost in Washington — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$33,857
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$7,592 – $71,731
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
East Adams Rural Healthcare
Ritzville, WA
Gross charge $7,592Cash pay $5,694 - 2
Lake Chelan Health Hospital
Chelan, WA
Gross charge $18,141 - 3
Pullman Regional Hospital
Pullman, WA
Gross charge $18,838Cash pay $16,012 - 4
Kittitas Valley Healthcare
Ellensburg, WA
Gross charge $20,051Cash pay $17,043 - 5
Jefferson Healthcare
Port Townsend, WA
Gross charge $27,633Cash pay $22,106 - 6
Island Hospital
Anacortes, WA
Gross charge $28,801Medicare pays (avg) $16,023 - 7
Othello Community Hospital
Othello, WA
Gross charge $30,948Cash pay $23,211 - 8
Forks Community Hospital
Forks, WA
Gross charge $40,424Cash pay $32,340 - 9
Arbor Health—Morton Hospital
Morton, WA
Gross charge $46,327Cash pay $28,723 - 10
Valley Medical Center
Renton, WA
Gross charge $61,944Cash pay $43,361Medicare pays (avg) $14,958 - 11
Trios Health Southridge Hospital
Kennewick, WA
Gross charge $71,731Cash pay $28,693Medicare pays (avg) $15,219 - 12
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,367 - 13
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (Acute Care)
Auburn, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,614 - 14
St. Clare Hospital
Lakewood, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,583 - 15
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
Yakima, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,864 - 16
Deaconess Medical Center
Spokane, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,058 - 17
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Puyallup, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,507 - 18
St. Joseph Medical Center (Acute Care)
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,794 - 19
Multicare Valley Hospital
Spokane Valley, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,163 - 20
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,211 - 21
St. Francis Hospital
Federal Way, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,349 - 22
St. Anthony Hospital
Gig Harbor, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,004 - 23
MultiCare Covington Medical Center
Covington, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,998 - 24
Prosser Memorial Hospital
Prosser, WA
Gross charge — - 25
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Enumclaw, WA
Gross charge — - 26
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center
Longview, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,987 - 27
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center
Vancouver, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,227 - 28
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics
Bellevue, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,890 - 29
Harborview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,293 - 30
St. Michael Medical Center
Silverdale, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,634 - 31
MultiCare Capital Medical Center
Olympia, WA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,530
11 Washington hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,592 to $71,731. The cheapest is East Adams Rural Healthcare in Ritzville; the most expensive is Trios Health Southridge Hospital in Kennewick. The state average sits at $33,857.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.