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Widest spread in the state
The same sleep study (polysomnography) runs $810 to $11,943 in Washington
$810 Lourdes Medical Centermedian $3,043$11,943 Astria Sunnyside Hospital
15× between the cheapest and the dearest of the 47 hospitals with at least 5 published plan rates for it; the explorer also shows thinner cells, so its range can run wider.
Furthest above the Medicare benchmark
Whidbeyhealth Medical Center is paid 5.1× the Medicare rate across everything it prices
100%Medicare
272%state median
506%this hospital
Medicare’s payment is hospital-specific and roughly pegged to the cost of care. The median across this hospital’s 22 procedures is 506% of it, against a Washington median of 272%.
Highest price over estimated cost
PeaceHealth hospitals are paid 5.4× what it is estimated to cost them to deliver care
PeaceHealth5.4×
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health3.0×
Skagit Regional Health2.3×
EvergreenHealth2.3×
Cost estimated from each hospital’s own federal cost report (HCRIS) — the same filings state regulators use. Estimates, not accounting truth.
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