Cellulitis Cost in Washington — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$21,595
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$1,591 – $49,665
low to high
Data notes for Washington
- The lowest published charge ($1,591 at Lake Chelan Health Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lake Chelan Health Hospital
Chelan, WA
Gross charge $1,591 - 2
East Adams Rural Healthcare
Ritzville, WA
Gross charge $7,015Cash pay $5,261 - 3
Pullman Regional Hospital
Pullman, WA
Gross charge $7,404Cash pay $6,294 - 4
Othello Community Hospital
Othello, WA
Gross charge $13,530Cash pay $10,147 - 5
Jefferson Healthcare
Port Townsend, WA
Gross charge $20,038Cash pay $16,030 - 6
Island Hospital
Anacortes, WA
Gross charge $22,224 - 7
Kittitas Valley Healthcare
Ellensburg, WA
Gross charge $25,786Cash pay $21,919 - 8
Trios Health Southridge Hospital
Kennewick, WA
Gross charge $33,416Cash pay $13,366 - 9
Valley Medical Center
Renton, WA
Gross charge $35,286Cash pay $24,700 - 10
Arbor Health—Morton Hospital
Morton, WA
Gross charge $49,665Cash pay $30,792 - 11
Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Acute Care)
Walla Walla, WA
Gross charge — - 12
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Gross charge — - 13
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Everett, WA
Gross charge — - 14
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (Acute Care)
Auburn, WA
Gross charge — - 15
Providence Centralia Hospital (Acute Care)
Centralia, WA
Gross charge — - 16
St. Clare Hospital
Lakewood, WA
Gross charge — - 17
Providence St. Peter Hospital
Olympia, WA
Gross charge — - 18
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill
Seattle, WA
Gross charge — - 19
Swedish Edmonds Campus
Edmonds, WA
Gross charge — - 20
Swedish Medical Center (Acute Care)
Seattle, WA
Gross charge — - 21
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital
Yakima, WA
Gross charge — - 22
Deaconess Medical Center
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 23
Prov Sacred Hrt Medical Center & Childs Hospital
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 24
Kadlec Regional Medical Center
Richland, WA
Gross charge — - 25
Providence Holy Family Hospital
Spokane, WA
Gross charge — - 26
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Puyallup, WA
Gross charge — - 27
St. Joseph Medical Center (Acute Care)
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge — - 28
Multicare Valley Hospital
Spokane Valley, WA
Gross charge — - 29
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital
Tacoma, WA
Gross charge — - 30
St. Francis Hospital
Federal Way, WA
Gross charge — - 31
St. Anthony Hospital
Gig Harbor, WA
Gross charge — - 32
Swedish Issaquah Campus
Issaquah, WA
Gross charge — - 33
MultiCare Covington Medical Center
Covington, WA
Gross charge — - 34
Providence St. Joseph's Hospital
Chewelah, WA
Gross charge — - 35
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital
Colville, WA
Gross charge — - 36
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Enumclaw, WA
Gross charge —
10 Washington hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,591 to $49,665. The cheapest is Lake Chelan Health Hospital in Chelan; the most expensive is Arbor Health—Morton Hospital in Morton. The state average sits at $21,595.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists cellulitis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent cellulitis admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Washington hospitals missing from the list either don't perform cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.