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Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90870 Washington Outpatient

ECT cost in Washington

In Washington, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session: from $248.30 to $1,158.24, with a median of $983.72. The lowest price is at Astria Toppenish Hospital (Toppenish). The highest price is 4.7× the lowest.

  • The median here, $983.72, is 8% below the US median of $1,074.00.
  • That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($877.34).
  • Washington ranks 20th of 36 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 90870. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$248.30Astria Toppenish Hospital
Median$983.72half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,158.24in Washington
Lowest saves$735.42vs the median

Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Astria Toppenish Hospital lowest Toppenish · Yakima, WA 90870 Electroconvulsive therapy (includes necessar $248.30 $382.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Skagit Valley Hospital Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA HB ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY $476.00 $595.00 Mar 26, 2026
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Prov Sacred Hrt Medical Center & Childs Hospital Spokane · Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY 1 HOUR $809.20 $1,156.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Issaquah Issaquah · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY 1 HOUR $1,158.24 $2,413.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Medical Center Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY $1,158.24 $2,413.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA HC ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY 1 HOUR $1,158.24 $2,413.00 Apr 1, 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.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3 $1,158.24 $1,158.24
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 1 $476.00 $476.00
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 1 $809.20 $809.20
Yakima, WA 1 $248.30 $248.30
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 ECT is, what the price covers and why prices differ: ECT explained.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.