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Surgery and procedures CPT 23472 Washington Outpatient

Shoulder replacement cost in Washington

In Washington, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for total shoulder replacement: from $3,324.24 to $60,981.74, with a median of $27,054.63. The lowest price is at Lourdes Health (Pasco). The highest price is 18.3× the lowest.

  • The median here, $27,054.63, is 57% above the US median of $17,285.29.
  • Washington ranks 28th of 35 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Washington law (RCW 70.170.060) requires hospital charity care: patients with family income up to 300% of the federal poverty level owe nothing at hospitals in large health systems (200% at other hospitals), with 75% and 50% discounts up to 400% (300% at other hospitals). It covers the part of the bill a patient owes, insured or not. Ask the hospital for its charity care application. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 23472. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$3,324.24Lourdes Health
Median$27,054.63half of hospitals charge less
Highest$60,981.74in Washington
Lowest saves$23,730.39vs the median

Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Lourdes Health lowest Pasco · Kennewick-Richland, WA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT $3,324.24 $8,310.59 Jul 10, 2026
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Astria Toppenish Hospital Toppenish · Yakima, WA 23472 Arthroplasty, glenohumeral joint; total shou $3,763.50 $5,790.00 Apr 1, 2026
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PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center one side Bellingham · Bellingham, WA PROSTHETIC REPAIR OF SHOULDER JOINT; TOTAL SHOULDER $25,962.30 $39,942.00 Mar 21, 2026
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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center one side Vancouver · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA PROSTHETIC REPAIR OF SHOULDER JOINT; TOTAL SHOULDER $28,146.95 $43,303.00 Mar 20, 2026
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PeaceHealth St John Medical Center one side Longview · Longview-Kelso, WA PROSTHETIC REPAIR OF SHOULDER JOINT; TOTAL SHOULDER $29,509.14 $45,398.67 Mar 21, 2026
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Valley Medical Center Renton · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Arthroplasty Glenohumeral Joint Total Shoulder $60,981.74 $87,116.77 Mar 12, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Bellingham, WA 1 $25,962.30 $25,962.30
Kennewick-Richland, WA 1 $3,324.24 $3,324.24
Longview-Kelso, WA 1 $29,509.14 $29,509.14
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 $28,146.95 $28,146.95
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 $60,981.74 $60,981.74
Yakima, WA 1 $3,763.50 $3,763.50
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What shoulder replacement is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Shoulder replacement explained.

Total shoulder replacement in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.