Recently, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released an enormous spreadsheet of billing data for more than 3,000 hospitals “that show significant variation across the country and within communities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services.” A sliver of that 2011 data are printed below for a few common diagnoses and selected hospitals in Snohomish, King and Skagit counties.
To explore a database of all 100 diagnoses and what Western Washington hospitals charge, go to the bottom of this page for an interactive window.
Selected diagnoses and hospital charges, FY 2011
Under each diagnosis, the hospitals are ranked by the average each billed Medicare. The last column shows what, on average, Medicare actually paid each hospital.
| Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group Definition | 2011 cases | Average amount billed to Medicare | Versus state average | Versus U.S. average | Average amount reimbursed by Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary embolism without major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 19 | $30,265 | 122% | 115% | $7,278 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 28 | $29,784 | 120% | 113% | $8,060 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 24 | $26,854 | 108% | 102% | $6,928 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 11 | $23,254 | 94% | 88% | $7,263 |
| Northwest Hospital | 17 | $22,928 | 93% | 87% | $6,758 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 33 | $20,913 | 84% | 79% | $7,273 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 37 | $19,913 | 80% | 75% | $6,448 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 21 | $16,698 | 67% | 63% | $11,378 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 17 | $13,011 | 53% | 49% | $8,267 |
| Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill | 21 | $42,282 | 140% | 132% | $9,932 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 77 | $42,188 | 140% | 132% | $10,405 |
| Northwest Hospital | 25 | $41,431 | 138% | 130% | $8,717 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 13 | $36,510 | 121% | 114% | $8,690 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 20 | $34,324 | 114% | 107% | $9,216 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 22 | $30,911 | 103% | 97% | $14,404 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 14 | $29,789 | 99% | 93% | $13,213 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 40 | $29,401 | 98% | 92% | $8,108 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 369 | $27,776 | 92% | 87% | $9,211 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 17 | $26,194 | 87% | 82% | $13,622 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 32 | $25,271 | 84% | 79% | $8,280 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center | 41 | $41,312 | 156% | 137% | $8,698 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 58 | $32,590 | 123% | 108% | $8,094 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 36 | $32,003 | 121% | 106% | $7,940 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 42 | $27,902 | 105% | 93% | $7,692 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 34 | $26,254 | 99% | 87% | $7,253 |
| Northwest Hospital | 27 | $22,367 | 84% | 74% | $7,455 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 14 | $20,549 | 77% | 68% | $13,222 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 31 | $17,726 | 67% | 59% | $11,284 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 15 | $15,873 | 60% | 53% | $9,447 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 12 | $12,833 | 48% | 43% | $7,762 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 35 | $28,622 | 135% | 118% | $6,813 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 58 | $23,490 | 111% | 97% | $7,410 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 24 | $23,393 | 110% | 96% | $6,604 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 29 | $22,603 | 106% | 93% | $6,370 |
| Northwest Hospital | 19 | $20,115 | 95% | 83% | $6,116 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 22 | $19,673 | 93% | 81% | $6,311 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 31 | $18,616 | 88% | 77% | $5,998 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 25 | $13,418 | 63% | 55% | $7,491 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 23 | $13,082 | 62% | 54% | $9,352 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease without complications and comorbid conditions or major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center | 37 | $20,943 | 126% | 116% | $5,358 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 17 | $20,657 | 124% | 114% | $4,965 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 30 | $20,009 | 121% | 110% | $5,061 |
| Northwest Hospital | 17 | $18,541 | 112% | 102% | $4,535 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 12 | $18,172 | 109% | 100% | $4,751 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 13 | $16,216 | 98% | 89% | $5,473 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 22 | $11,362 | 68% | 63% | $4,582 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 15 | $8,769 | 53% | 48% | $6,859 |
| Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive, with major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill | 25 | $65,195 | 164% | 141% | $12,993 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 11 | $50,029 | 126% | 108% | $11,504 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 20 | $43,088 | 108% | 93% | $12,114 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 41 | $42,113 | 106% | 91% | $13,178 |
| Northwest Hospital | 18 | $40,030 | 101% | 86% | $13,294 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 49 | $33,876 | 85% | 73% | $12,515 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 29 | $30,609 | 77% | 66% | $11,024 |
| Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive, with complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill | 18 | $42,961 | 160% | 141% | $8,651 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 13 | $29,381 | 109% | 96% | $8,100 |
| Northwest Hospital | 11 | $25,939 | 97% | 85% | $7,870 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 16 | $25,064 | 93% | 82% | $7,542 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 28 | $25,007 | 93% | 82% | $7,985 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 16 | $24,786 | 92% | 81% | $7,719 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 21 | $23,565 | 88% | 77% | $7,128 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 15 | $15,812 | 59% | 52% | $9,458 |
| Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive, without complications and comorbid conditions or major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 17 | $33,103 | 141% | 144% | $5,467 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 16 | $25,609 | 109% | 111% | $5,440 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 13 | $21,984 | 94% | 96% | $6,188 |
| Heart failure and shock with major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center | 53 | $45,938 | 138% | 120% | $10,924 |
| Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill | 68 | $44,714 | 134% | 117% | $9,765 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 32 | $44,609 | 134% | 117% | $11,700 |
| Northwest Hospital | 48 | $41,553 | 125% | 109% | $10,476 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 49 | $39,339 | 118% | 103% | $10,911 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 37 | $35,596 | 107% | 93% | $9,486 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 22 | $32,578 | 98% | 85% | $17,000 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 67 | $29,092 | 87% | 76% | $8,931 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 132 | $26,877 | 81% | 70% | $10,104 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 30 | $26,750 | 80% | 70% | $14,543 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 45 | $25,362 | 76% | 66% | $12,473 |
| Heart failure and shock with complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill | 109 | $36,114 | 159% | 144% | $7,120 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 77 | $33,794 | 149% | 135% | $7,482 |
| Northwest Hospital | 79 | $26,612 | 117% | 106% | $6,532 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 47 | $26,519 | 117% | 106% | $7,131 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 44 | $25,425 | 112% | 101% | $6,830 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 77 | $22,616 | 100% | 90% | $7,043 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 85 | $21,023 | 93% | 84% | $6,763 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 120 | $19,739 | 87% | 79% | $6,237 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 72 | $19,064 | 84% | 76% | $12,462 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 38 | $18,369 | 81% | 73% | $10,006 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 86 | $18,308 | 81% | 73% | $8,678 |
| Valley General Hospital | 15 | $17,186 | 76% | 68% | $7,678 |
| Cascade Valley Hospital | 18 | $11,950 | 53% | 48% | $7,475 |
| Heart failure and shock without complications and comorbid conditions or major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill | 63 | $23,424 | 141% | 135% | $4,718 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 34 | $22,460 | 136% | 129% | $4,650 |
| Northwest Hospital | 43 | $20,312 | 123% | 117% | $4,302 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 16 | $19,077 | 115% | 110% | $5,003 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 28 | $17,995 | 109% | 104% | $4,706 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 12 | $16,682 | 101% | 96% | $6,837 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 39 | $16,320 | 99% | 94% | $4,772 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 45 | $14,298 | 86% | 82% | $4,259 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 29 | $13,872 | 84% | 80% | $4,426 |
| Valley General Hospital | 14 | $13,785 | 83% | 79% | $4,953 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 17 | $13,536 | 82% | 78% | $7,760 |
| Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Harborview Medical Center | 26 | $67,105 | 127% | 134% | $24,298 |
| Northwest Hospital | 175 | $62,502 | 118% | 125% | $13,696 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 949 | $60,466 | 114% | 121% | $16,541 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 301 | $51,576 | 97% | 103% | $15,635 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 86 | $51,275 | 97% | 102% | $15,013 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 390 | $45,672 | 86% | 91% | $13,444 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 232 | $43,858 | 83% | 88% | $14,419 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 183 | $43,124 | 81% | 86% | $14,483 |
| Valley General Hospital | 29 | $40,473 | 76% | 81% | $15,421 |
| Cascade Valley Hospital | 21 | $37,489 | 71% | 75% | $16,271 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 308 | $35,949 | 68% | 72% | $17,225 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 215 | $31,753 | 60% | 63% | $21,521 |
| Renal failure with major complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill | 25 | $64,433 | 175% | 160% | $12,900 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 32 | $46,876 | 127% | 116% | $11,951 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 62 | $44,302 | 120% | 110% | $13,347 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 28 | $41,196 | 112% | 102% | $17,220 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 16 | $40,196 | 109% | 100% | $10,763 |
| Northwest Hospital | 30 | $35,113 | 95% | 87% | $10,126 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 27 | $33,896 | 92% | 84% | $15,668 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 33 | $31,835 | 87% | 79% | $19,385 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 40 | $29,778 | 81% | 74% | $11,263 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 90 | $29,722 | 81% | 74% | $10,796 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 32 | $27,038 | 73% | 67% | $10,275 |
| Renal failure with complications and comorbid conditions | |||||
| Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill | 18 | $28,743 | 124% | 113% | $7,026 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 74 | $27,581 | 119% | 109% | $7,568 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 77 | $27,042 | 117% | 107% | $8,083 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 31 | $26,629 | 115% | 105% | $6,893 |
| Northwest Hospital | 53 | $25,504 | 110% | 101% | $6,310 |
| Evergreen Hospital Medical Center | 59 | $21,708 | 94% | 86% | $6,499 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 102 | $21,347 | 92% | 84% | $7,200 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | 58 | $21,272 | 92% | 84% | $9,028 |
| University of Washington Medical Center | 50 | $19,371 | 84% | 76% | $11,183 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 33 | $18,102 | 78% | 71% | $10,209 |
| Overlake Hospital Medical Center | 69 | $18,034 | 78% | 71% | $6,169 |
| Valley General Hospital | 12 | $13,047 | 57% | 51% | $7,344 |
SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Database of Western Washington hospitals and charges
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