41/100
#1,575 nationally
Swedish Issaquah
751 Ne Blakely Dr, Issaquah, WA 98029 · (425) 313-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Swedish Issaquah billed $5.08 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
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 67
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #27
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
194 | $75,616 | $17,828 | +16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
146 | $17,323 | $2,765 | -11% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
119 | $57,536 | $12,004 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $8,950 | $1,617 | -11% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $46,011 | $7,306 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $9,660 | $1,927 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $49,897 | $5,839 | +42% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $83,148 | $13,270 | +33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $15,024 | $3,295 | -40% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $42,504 | $9,703 | +8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$111,909 | $27,962 | +124% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$79,076 | $11,814 | +63% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,733 | $10,117 | +60% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$159,742 | $26,936 | +59% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$130,090 | $19,417 | +52% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$79,366 | $14,864 | +44% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,333 | $3,533 | +43% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,897 | $5,839 | +42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,392 | $1,636 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,353 | $2,867 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,024 | $3,295 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,257 | $2,080 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,454 | $3,193 | -24% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,740 | $5,820 | -24% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$135,156 | $36,355 | -24% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$91,035 | $21,690 | -20% |
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.