47/100
#1,372 nationally
Valley Medical Center
400 S 43Rd St, Renton, WA 98055 · (425) 228-3450
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Valley Medical Center billed $4.73 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 115
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WA
- #19
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
345 | $1,231 | $698 | -61% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
273 | $70,512 | $13,246 | +13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
261 | $75,813 | $18,789 | +16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
227 | $21,711 | $2,724 | +12% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
200 | $51,659 | $11,932 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
194 | $15,751 | $4,101 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
179 | $9,022 | $1,626 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
153 | $8,326 | $2,064 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
149 | $8,918 | $1,933 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $21,899 | $3,170 | +15% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,088 | $2,380 | +96% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$128,385 | $18,856 | +50% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$108,864 | $19,002 | +47% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$45,651 | $8,087 | +46% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$278,237 | $47,847 | +45% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,302 | $5,981 | +43% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$166,276 | $29,470 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,767 | $1,972 | +39% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,231 | $698 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,408 | $2,715 | -37% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$141,784 | $56,403 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,326 | $2,064 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,282 | $8,674 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,620 | $5,837 | -29% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$105,029 | $30,724 | -28% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$32,718 | $8,978 | -27% |
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.