Vaccine administration cost in Washington

Prices at 38 hospitals in Washington, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $50 — 12% below the US median ($57), roughly 2.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Olympic Medical Center Port Angeles, WA $8 $22 ★ 3/5 251 min —
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA $12 $17 ★ 5/5 206 min —
Astria Toppenish Hospital Toppenish, WA $31 $72 — 150 min —
Confluence Health Hospital Wenatchee, WA $32 $63 ★ 3/5 143 min —
Newport Community Hospital Newport, WA $34 $31 — — —
St Clare Hospital Lakewood, WA $38 $100 ★ 4/5 161 min —
Prosser Memorial Hospital Prosser, WA $40 $31 ★ 3/5 112 min —
St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA $41 $100 ★ 5/5 200 min —
St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA $42 $100 ★ 4/5 202 min —
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver, WA $42 — ★ 4/5 260 min —
Willapa Harbor Hospital South Bend, WA $44 — — 130 min —
St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA $44 $100 ★ 3/5 211 min —
Multicare Auburn Medical Center Auburn, WA $46 $101 ★ 2/5 217 min —
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup, WA $46 $101 ★ 2/5 133 min —
Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital Tacoma, WA $46 $101 ★ 2/5 208 min —
Multicare Covington Medical Center Covington, WA $46 $101 ★ 3/5 177 min —
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma, WA $46 $104 — — —
St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw, WA $47 $29 ★ 5/5 193 min —
Island Hospital Anacortes, WA $49 $69 ★ 4/5 204 min —
Dayton General Hospital Dayton, WA $50 $41 — 105 min —
Cascade Medical Center Leavenworth, WA $52 $22 — — —
Astria Sunnyside Hospital Sunnyside, WA $52 $42 ★ 2/5 122 min —
Columbia Basin Hospital Ephrata, WA $55 $24 — 132 min —
Navos-Inpatient Services Seattle, WA $56 — — — —
Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital Tacoma, WA $57 $212 — — —

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 October 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)
$114
Cash / self-pay
$50
Insurer-negotiated
$90
Medicare pays
$19
$34$93
Median cash $50  ·  Medicare $19  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $50 — about 2.6× the Medicare rate ($19). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($38).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $114 list price could save about $64 (56%).

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