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Seattle Children's Hospital vs Virginia Mason Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 32 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Virginia Mason Medical Center is cheaper on more procedures (18 vs 14).

Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
Seattle Children's
Cheaper on 14 of 32 procedures
vs.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 18 of 32 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Seattle Virginia Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $292 $989 Seattle ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $450 $1,476 Seattle ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $292 $1,098 Seattle ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $267 $942 Seattle ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $359 $1,885 Seattle ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $158 $398 Seattle ↓
DXA bone density scan $39 $273 Seattle ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $36 $250 Seattle ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $152 $36 Virginia ↓
Lipid panel $148 $54 Virginia ↓
CBC with differential $121 $50 Virginia ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $126 $37 Virginia ↓
Urinalysis $44 $15 Virginia ↓
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy $463 $3,977 Seattle ↓
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy $67,934 $9,896 Virginia ↓
Inguinal hernia repair, open $427 $7,880 Seattle ↓
Cataract surgery, one eye $44,430 $2,952 Virginia ↓
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $5,953 $1,899 Virginia ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $5,343 $2,005 Virginia ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $5,382 $1,928 Virginia ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $3,364 $217 Virginia ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $135 $72 Virginia ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $140 $72 Virginia ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $172 $1,629 Seattle ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) $482 $1,991 Seattle ↓
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $74,227 $5,621 Virginia ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $113 $366 Seattle ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $135 $72 Virginia ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $140 $72 Virginia ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $36,772 $5,668 Virginia ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $157 $631 Seattle ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $404 $68 Virginia ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Seattle Virginia
HCAHPS overall star rating — 4/5
Would definitely recommend — 77%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 — 72%
Nurses always communicated well — 80%
Doctors always communicated well — 81%
Given clear info about recovery — 89%
Room and bathroom always clean — 69%
Staff always explained meds — 60%
Quiet at night, always — 53%

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

For your specific insurance plan, prices can shift dramatically. Some hospitals negotiate steep discounts with one insurer and not another. Always check the plan-specific rate before you book.