Lipid (cholesterol) panel cost in Washington

Prices at 38 hospitals in Washington, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $76 — 16% below the US median ($90), roughly 5.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Columbia Basin Hospital Ephrata, WA $16 $14 131 min 14.4%
Navos-Inpatient Services Seattle, WA $24 $27
Multicare Auburn Medical Center Auburn, WA $27 $16 ★ 2/5 213 min 15.1%
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup, WA $27 $16 ★ 2/5 133 min 15.1%
Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital Tacoma, WA $27 $16 ★ 2/5 210 min 15.1%
Multicare Covington Medical Center Covington, WA $27 $16 ★ 3/5 177 min 14.8%
Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital Tacoma, WA $40 $34
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma, WA $49 $17
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA $54 $45 ★ 5/5 217 min 15.3%
Confluence Health Hospital Wenatchee, WA $58 $45 ★ 3/5 151 min 15.5%
Deaconess Medical Center Spokane, WA $60 $17 ★ 3/5 181 min 13.2%
Multicare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley, WA $60 $17 ★ 5/5 195 min 14.1%
St Clare Hospital Lakewood, WA $64 $16 ★ 4/5 163 min 13.9%
Valley Medical Center Renton, WA $67 $39 ★ 2/5 200 min 13.8%
St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA $68 $16 ★ 5/5 205 min 14.0%
St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA $70 $16 ★ 4/5 204 min 15.1%
Willapa Harbor Hospital South Bend, WA $71 128 min 14.9%
St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA $74 $16 ★ 3/5 212 min 14.2%
Peacehealth Peace Island Medical Center Friday Harbor, WA $77 102 min 14.9%
St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw, WA $79 $40 ★ 5/5 189 min 14.3%
Olympic Medical Center Port Angeles, WA $94 $105 ★ 3/5 254 min 14.4%
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville, WA $97 ★ 3/5 149 min 14.3%
Island Hospital Anacortes, WA $97 $15 ★ 4/5 193 min 14.8%
Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital Seattle, WA $101 $23
Peacehealth United General Medical Center Sedro Woolley, WA $104 $21 ★ 3/5 138 min 13.7%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$139
Cash / self-pay
$76
Insurer-negotiated
$17
Medicare pays
$13
$27$172
Median cash $76  ·  Medicare $13  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $76 — about 5.6× the Medicare rate ($13). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($27).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $139 list price could save about $63 (45%).

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