Birth control implant insertion cost in Seattle, WA
In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $92.30 to $571.00, with a median of $145.21. The lowest listed price is at Saint Clare Hospital — $52.91 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $276.13 at 31 hospitals.
- The median here, $145.21, is 46% below the US median of $271.23.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
- 1 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 11981, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Clare Hospital lowest Lakewood, WA · (253) 588-1711 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $92.30 | $320.03 | $155.28–$649.92 | 71% |
| St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA · (253) 530-2050 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $97.33 | $320.03 | $155.28–$649.92 | 70% |
| Highline Medical Center Burien, WA · (206) 431-5237 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $97.42 | $320.03 | $134.42–$605.44 | 70% |
| St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA · (253) 944-8100 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $98.41 | $320.03 | $154.50–$649.92 | 69% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA · (253) 627-4101 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $106.00 | $320.03 | $145.52–$642.84 | 67% |
| St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw, WA · (360) 825-2505 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $117.52 | $320.03 | $51.21–$2,077.00 | 63% |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA · (206) 223-6600 INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE-FAC File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $172.89 | $339.00 | $203.40–$271.20 | 49% |
| Valley Medical Center Renton, WA · (425) 228-3450 Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 12, 2026 · source file | $268.10 | $383.00 | — | 30% |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $518.40 | $1,080.00 | — | 52% |
| Swedish Medical Center Seattle, WA · (206) 386-6000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $518.40 | $1,080.00 | — | 52% |
| Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA · (425) 313-4000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $518.40 | $1,080.00 | — | 52% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 987-2000 Insert Non-Biodeg Drug Deliver Implant File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $571.00 | $571.00 | $143.89–$548.16 | — |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · (206) 320-2000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $949.92 | $1,979.00 | — | 52% |
| Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA · (425) 313-4000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $949.92 | $1,979.00 | — | 52% |
| Swedish Medical Center Seattle, WA · (206) 386-6000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $949.92 | $1,979.00 | — | 52% |
| Valley Medical Center Renton, WA · (425) 228-3450 Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 12, 2026 · source file | $2,647.33 | $3,781.90 | — | 30% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 987-2000 Insert Non-Biodeg Drug Deliver Implant File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $108,487.55 | — | — | — |
| Seattle Children's Hospital one side Seattle, WA · (206) 987-2000 Insert Non-Biodeg Drug Deliver Implant|LEFT SIDE File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $109,454.55 | — | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $92.30, median $145.21, highest $571.00 — a 6.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $145.21. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 7 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 6 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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