Prostate biopsy cost in Washington
In Washington, 25 hospitals publish a cash price for prostate biopsy: from $229.60 to $8,631.35, with a median of $1,836.00. The lowest price is at Providence Mount Carmel Hospital (Colville). The highest price is 37.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,836.00, is 24% below the US median of $2,419.00.
- Washington ranks 14th of 43 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 25 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 55700. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$229.60Providence Mount Carmel Hospital
Median$1,836.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$8,631.35in Washington
Lowest saves$1,606.40vs the median
Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital lowest Colville · Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA HC PR 55700 BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $229.60 | $328.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Moses Lake · Moses Lake, WA HC PR 55700 Prostate Needle Biopsy Any Approach Rhc | $607.00 | $607.00 | Jan 4, 2026 source file |
| Forks Community Hospital Forks · Port Townsend, WA Biopsy of prostate gland | $699.20 | $874.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah · Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA HC BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $1,144.50 | $1,635.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lourdes Health Pasco · Kennewick-Richland, WA BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $1,173.06 | $2,932.66 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Valley Medical Center Renton · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Prostate Needle Biopsy Any Approach | $1,238.33 | $1,769.04 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Saint Clare Hospital Lakewood · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC PROSTATE BIOPSY | $1,490.21 | $5,170.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC PROSTATE BIOPSY | $1,572.45 | $5,170.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Highline Medical Center Burien · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC PROSTATE BIOPSY | $1,578.69 | $5,170.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC PROSTATE BIOPSY | $1,622.47 | $5,170.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC PROSTATE BIOPSY | $1,712.30 | $5,170.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC PROSTATE BIOPSY | $1,826.90 | $5,170.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Skagit Valley Hospital Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA HC BX PROSTATE,NEEDLE, SNGLE/M | $1,836.00 | $2,295.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale · Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA HC PROSTATE BIOPSY | $2,281.77 | $5,170.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland · Kennewick-Richland, WA HC BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $2,400.30 | $3,429.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA NEEDLE BX, PROSTATE | $2,676.99 | $5,249.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA HC BIOPSY PROSTATE | $2,696.85 | $4,149.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Prov Sacred Hrt Medical Center & Childs Hospital Spokane · Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA HC BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $3,086.30 | $4,409.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Issaquah Issaquah · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $3,201.60 | $6,670.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Medical Center Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $3,201.60 | $6,670.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $3,201.60 | $6,670.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC BX PROSTATE,NEEDLE, SNGLE/M | $3,306.40 | $4,133.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla · Walla Walla, WA HC BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $3,922.10 | $5,603.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center Bellingham · Bellingham, WA BIOPSY OF PROSTATE | $5,365.10 | $8,254.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA BIOPSY OF PROSTATE GLAND | $8,631.35 | $13,279.00 | Mar 20, 2026 source file |
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 12 | $1,238.33 | $1,769.60 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 3 | $229.60 | $1,144.50 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | 2 | $1,173.06 | $1,786.68 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 2 | $2,696.85 | $5,664.10 |
| Bellingham, WA | 1 | $5,365.10 | $5,365.10 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 1 | $2,281.77 | $2,281.77 |
| Moses Lake, WA | 1 | $607.00 | $607.00 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 1 | $1,836.00 | $1,836.00 |
| Port Townsend, WA | 1 | $699.20 | $699.20 |
| Walla Walla, WA | 1 | $3,922.10 | $3,922.10 |
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 prostate biopsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Prostate biopsy explained.
Prostate biopsy in other states
- Alabama$2,765.00
- Alaska$2,600.00
- Arizona$3,313.00
- Arkansas$2,198.80
- California$6,059.55
- Colorado$3,324.26
- Connecticut$5,494.12
- Delaware$5,118.12, 3 hospitals
- Florida$5,368.20
- Georgia$2,813.07
- Hawaii$5,168.80, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$2,921.13
- Illinois$3,203.10
- Indiana$3,562.62
- Iowa$1,875.00
- Kansas$1,290.00
- Kentucky$2,170.57
- Louisiana$762.30
- Maine$438.90
- Maryland$677.97, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$2,911.90
- Michigan$1,526.85
- Minnesota$1,735.02
- Mississippi$1,885.12
- Missouri$2,748.75
- Montana$664.80
- Nebraska$1,307.42
- Nevada$2,180.00, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$1,239.95, 4 hospitals
- New Jersey$2,733.47
- New Mexico$2,049.60
- New York$2,424.12
- North Carolina$1,447.42
- North Dakota$2,745.00
- Ohio$2,014.95
- Oklahoma$3,264.11
- Oregon$2,451.80
- Pennsylvania$3,832.50
- Puerto Rico$1,000.00
- Rhode Island$2,793.39, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$1,541.50
- South Dakota$4,941.60
- Tennessee$630.08
- Texas$2,627.06
- Utah$2,303.68, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$548.07
- Virginia$2,541.00
- West Virginia$3,001.00
- Wisconsin$1,526.85
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.