41/100
#1,556 nationally
Harborview Medical Center
325 9Th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104 · (206) 744-9535
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Harborview Medical Center billed $4.15 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 105
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #26
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
483 | $10,327 | $2,333 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $11,939 | $2,345 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $48,084 | $7,180 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $46,349 | $5,515 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $32,970 | $4,044 | +60% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $12,572 | $1,612 | +25% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $110,643 | $24,152 | +70% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $15,459 | $2,032 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $3,175 | $686 | about average |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
74 | $128,526 | $27,922 | +54% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$97,906 | $20,474 | +126% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,275 | $2,747 | +107% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$121,429 | $7,816 | +105% |
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$40,491 | $8,025 | +84% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$76,834 | $19,007 | +84% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$119,878 | $21,144 | +76% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$308,629 | $75,514 | +73% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$95,189 | $22,372 | +73% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-extensive Burns
MS-DRG 935 · Inpatient stay |
$60,981 | $22,565 | -36% |
|
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay |
$210,005 | $82,837 | -24% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with
MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay |
$77,815 | $23,458 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,939 | $2,345 | -17% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$40,443 | $16,045 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,515 | $11,029 | -14% |
|
Ventricular Shunt Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 033 · Inpatient stay |
$68,738 | $19,980 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,327 | $2,333 | -12% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.