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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 4.6× price range across 23 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
$5,191
$11,102
$11,803
$12,104
$14,163
$14,163

The part you don’t feel

St Michael Medical Center $15,402vsGrays Harbor Community Hospital $3,316 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
St Michael Medical Center
Grays Harbor Community Hospital
$12,086you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
St Michael Medical Center
Grays Harbor Community Hospital
$2,417$9,669 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
St Michael Medical Center
Grays Harbor Community Hospital
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $12,086 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
Grays Harbor Community Hospital$3,316——$3,1101
Prosser Memorial Hospital$4,700———1
Pullman Regional Hospital$5,117———2
Island Hospital$5,191———3
Deaconess Medical Center$8,352———21
Multicare Valley Hospital$8,352———21
Skagit Valley Hospital ● actual$9,267——$6,1464
Multicare Auburn Medical Center$9,571———24
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital$9,571———24
Valley Medical Center ● actual$9,682——$6,2033
Multicare Covington Medical Center$10,123———23
Yakima Valley Memorial$11,102———24
Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital$11,139———20
Capital Medical Center$11,803———23
St Elizabeth Hospital$12,104———10
Peacehealth Southwest Medical Cente$12,206———3
Highline Medical Center$12,811———9
Virginia Mason Medical Center$13,144———6
St Clare Hospital$14,163———13
St Joseph Medical Center$14,163———13
St Francis Community Hospital$14,163———13
St Anthony Hospital$14,163———13
St Michael Medical Center$15,402———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 →