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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 3.0× price range across 22 Colorado hospitals. Open in the explorer → — filter by insurer or region, map it, or compare hospitals side by side.

How to read “% of Medicare” Medicare’s payment is a hospital-specific benchmark built from CMS files — adjusted for local wages and case complexity, and roughly pegged to the cost of care. A commercial rate at 300% means a private plan pays about triple that benchmark for the same care at the same hospital. The gap is negotiation, not quality. Full methodology →
Median commercial negotiated rate Medicare benchmark
$7,383
$13,768
$15,270
$16,756
$17,073
$20,105
$20,105

The part you don’t feel

St Michael Medical Center $21,865vsIsland Hospital $7,383 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
St Michael Medical Center
Island Hospital
$14,482you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
St Michael Medical Center
Island Hospital
$2,896$11,586 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
St Michael Medical Center
Island Hospital
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $14,482 in every row. The only thing that changes is how much of it reaches the person choosing. Nobody hid the price — the deductible structure hides the difference, and a difference nobody feels is a difference nobody shops. Illustration uses a 20% coinsurance plan with no separate facility or professional bill; your own plan governs.

Detail (click headers to sort, or “why” for cost vs price)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Island Hospital$7,383———3
Prosser Memorial Hospital$7,600———1
Pullman Regional Hospital$8,314———2
Multicare Valley Hospital$11,292———21
Deaconess Medical Center$12,338———21
Skagit Valley Hospital ● actual$12,432——$17,3364
Valley Medical Center ● actual$13,768——$8,2133
Multicare Covington Medical Center$14,560———23
Multicare Auburn Medical Center$15,083———24
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital$15,083———24
Yakima Valley Memorial$15,270———24
Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital$16,342———20
Capital Medical Center$16,756———23
St Elizabeth Hospital$17,073———10
Peacehealth Southwest Medical Cente$17,358———3
Highline Medical Center$18,186———9
Virginia Mason Medical Center$18,649———6
St Clare Hospital$20,105———13
St Joseph Medical Center$20,105———13
St Francis Community Hospital$20,105———13
St Anthony Hospital$20,105———13
St Michael Medical Center$21,865———5

*Cost estimates use hospital-level cost-to-charge ratios from federal cost reports and are approximate; ~ marks categories (imaging, labs) where they are least precise. "Plan rows" is how many distinct plan rates the hospital published; medians over more rows are sturdier.
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Rexroad Analytics · Data: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR 180, schema v3.0) retrieved September 16, 2026; Medicare benchmarks from CMS claims data and fee schedules; cost estimates from FY2026 CMS cost-report ratios, labeled as estimates. Not medical, legal, or benefits advice. Full methodology → · The American Healthcare Conundrum →