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Cash prices Seattle, WA Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Seattle, WA without insurance

Of 18 hospitals in the Seattle, WA area we can compare, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics (Bellevue) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 53% below the Washington median across 365 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical price vs stateBelow medianAbove median
1. Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Bellevue 53% below 322 of 365 43 of 365
2. Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle 30% below 403 of 514 94 of 514
3. Saint Clare Hospital Lakewood 28% below 299 of 321 19 of 321
4. St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor 24% below 287 of 321 27 of 321
5. Highline Medical Center Burien 24% below 284 of 321 35 of 321
6. St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way 23% below 274 of 321 42 of 321
7. Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle 20% below 268 of 406 111 of 406
8. Swedish Issaquah Issaquah 19% below 267 of 406 112 of 406
9. Swedish Medical Center Seattle 19% below 267 of 406 112 of 406
10. St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma 15% below 235 of 325 85 of 325
11. Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett 10% below 237 of 383 137 of 383
12. St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw 8% below 203 of 321 118 of 321
13. Swedish Edmonds Edmonds 8% below 109 of 196 73 of 196
14. Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Snoqualmie 3% below 189 of 336 140 of 336
15. Valley Medical Center Renton at median 244 of 494 247 of 494
16. Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital Seattle 14% above 89 of 330 237 of 330
17. Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington 22% above 32 of 365 329 of 365
18. Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle 100% above 34 of 401 365 of 401
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Procedure costs in the Seattle, WA area

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.