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Best hospitals in Washington

6 of the 58 Washington hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 16 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 100 Washington hospitalsBest hospitals by stateWashington ranks 33rd of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

6five-star hospitals
16four-star hospitals
58hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 100 in the state
71%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
3 h 7 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit3 h 16 minListed per $1 of cost$3.262Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit3 h 26 minListed per $1 of cost$2.923St Elizabeth HospitalEnumclaw · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend73%Typical ER visit3 h 13 minListed per $1 of cost$4.664St Anthony HospitalGig Harbor · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend78%Typical ER visit3 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$6.915Multicare Valley HospitalSpokane Valley · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit3 h 10 minListed per $1 of cost$4.306Whitman Hospital and Medical CenterColfax · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Would recommend88%Typical ER visit2 h 36 minListed per $1 of cost$1.307Tri-State Memorial HospitalClarkston · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend87%Typical ER visit2 h 23 minListed per $1 of cost$2.168Island HospitalAnacortes · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit3 h 24 minListed per $1 of cost$2.639University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit4 h 26 minListed per $1 of cost$3.4510Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit4 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$3.65
How Washington's 58 rated hospitals score
65 stars
164 stars
213 stars
142 stars
11 star

Every rated hospital in Washington

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 16 min$3.26
2Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 26 min$2.92
3St Elizabeth HospitalEnumclaw★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 13 min$4.66
4St Anthony HospitalGig Harbor★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 20 min$6.91
5Multicare Valley HospitalSpokane Valley★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 10 min$4.30
6Whitman Hospital and Medical CenterColfax★★★★★–88%2 h 36 min$1.30
7Tri-State Memorial HospitalClarkston★★★★★★★★★★87%2 h 23 min$2.16
8Island HospitalAnacortes★★★★★★★★★★83%3 h 24 min$2.63
9University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle★★★★★★★★★★80%4 h 26 min$3.45
10Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver★★★★★★★★★★80%4 h 20 min$3.65
11Swedish IssaquahIssaquah★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 21 min$3.85
12Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattle★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 6 min$4.34
13Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 47 min$3.94
14Swedish Medical CenterSeattle★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 24 min$4.34
15St Clare HospitalLakewood★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 41 min$6.79
16St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 25 min$5.89
17Peacehealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 30 min$5.03
18Peacehealth St John Medical CenterLongview★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 34 min$4.72
19Highline Medical CenterBurien★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 55 min$5.31
20Cascade Valley HospitalArlington★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 51 min$4.57
21St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 22 min$6.33
22Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett★★★★★★★★★★62%4 h 6 min$4.01
23Prosser Memorial HospitalProsser★★★★★★★★★★85%1 h 52 min$3.11
24Jefferson HealthcarePort Townsend★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 19 min$2.39
25Peacehealth United General Medical CenterSedro Woolley★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 22 min$2.99
26Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 23 min$2.20
27Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 8 min$3.50
28Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla Walla★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 14 min$4.04
29Providence Mount Carmel HospitalColville★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 30 min$2.37
30Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 32 min$4.60
31Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.Spokane★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 36 min$3.87
32Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokane★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 28 min$4.86
33Capital Medical CenterOlympia★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 20 min$6.30
34Multicare Covington Medical CenterCovington★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 57 min$5.23
35Peacehealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 35 min$4.94
36Deaconess Medical CenterSpokane★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 0 min$4.61
37Lourdes Medical CenterPasco★★★★★★★★★★67%1 h 57 min$4.17
38St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 31 min$5.09
39Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles★★★★★★★★★★65%4 h 11 min$2.20
40Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmonds★★★★★★★★★★61%3 h 7 min$4.06
41Providence Centralia HospitalCentralia★★★★★★★★★★61%3 h 16 min$5.34
42Evergreenhealth MonroeMonroe★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 46 min$4.37
43Grays Harbor Community HospitalAberdeen★★★★★★★★★★51%3 h 36 min$4.55
44Pullman Regional HospitalPullman★★★★★★★★★★84%1 h 55 min$2.28
45Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 56 min$4.50
46Mason General Hospital & Family of ClinicsShelton★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 20 min$2.46
47Whidbeyhealth Medical CenterCoupeville★★★★★★★★★★71%–$2.37
48Astria Sunnyside HospitalSunnyside★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 2 min$3.05
49Valley Medical CenterRenton★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 19 min$4.18
50Samaritan HospitalMoses Lake★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 15 min$3.19
51Harborview Medical CenterSeattle★★★★★★★★★★71%4 h 59 min$3.06
52Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 28 min$4.33
53Trios HealthKennewick★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 47 min$4.33
54Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 13 min$4.43
55Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAuburn★★★★★★★★★★54%3 h 37 min$4.30
56Ocean Beach HospitalIlwaco★★★★★–74%2 h 1 min$1.47
57Summit Pacific Medical CenterElma★★★★★––2 h 38 min$2.44
58Yakima Valley MemorialYakima★★★★★★★★★★51%2 h 41 min$3.44
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.