Hospitals in Seattle
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10 hospitals in Seattle, Washington.
From CMS’s quarterly release of Aug 13, 2026. With Washington’s own list of the hospitals it licenses that Medicare doesn’t certify. The record lists 105 hospitals in Washington.
Also listed
DOH’s layer of Washington’s licensed hospitals holds 115 licensed hospitals. 106 of them are in CMS’s files (by Medicare number, name or address) and shown from CMS’s records; 1 is listed here as licensed by Washington and not Medicare-certified. Not listed: 4 campuses of hospitals CMS lists, which Washington licenses one by one and 4 VA or military hospitals, run by the federal government rather than licensed by Washington.
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What the words on these cards mean7
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Condition-level deficiency
- For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Acute care hospital Harborview Medical Center Seattle, Washington 98104 Condition-level deficiency in the last three years 2of 5CMS’s overall rating2of 5patient survey rating8deficiencies cited in the last three years (needs attention) Overall2 of 5Patient survey2 of 5Deficiencies, 3 years8EmergencyYesBeds413 8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: Condition-level.
- Acute care hospital Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital Seattle, Washington 98112 Condition-level deficiency in the last three years Not ratedCMS’s overall rating3of 5patient survey rating9deficiencies cited in the last three years (needs attention) OverallNot publishedPatient survey3 of 5Deficiencies, 3 years9EmergencyYesBeds346 9 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Most serious: Condition-level.
- Long-term care hospital Kindred Hospital-Seattle Seattle, Washington 98101 10.9%of its patients went home or back to the communityNoinspections on record in the last three years80beds OverallNot publishedPatient surveyNot publishedDeficiencies, 3 yearsNot publishedEmergencyNot publishedBeds80
- Psychiatric hospital Navos - Inpatient Services Seattle, Washington 98126 Not ratedCMS’s overall ratingNot ratedpatient survey ratingNoinspections on record in the last three years OverallNot publishedPatient surveyNot publishedDeficiencies, 3 yearsNot publishedEmergencyNoBeds68
- Children’s hospital Seattle Children’s Hospital Seattle, Washington 98105 Not ratedCMS’s overall ratingNot ratedpatient survey rating0deficiencies cited in the last three years OverallNot publishedPatient surveyNot publishedDeficiencies, 3 years0EmergencyYesBeds250 1 visit on record, nothing cited.
- Veterans Affairs hospital Seattle VA Medical Center (VA Puget Sound Healthcare System) Seattle, Washington 98108 4of 5CMS’s overall rating4of 5patient survey ratingNoinspections on record in the last three years Overall4 of 5Patient survey4 of 5Deficiencies, 3 yearsNot publishedEmergencyYesBeds557
- Acute care hospital Swedish Medical Center Seattle, Washington 98122 4of 5CMS’s overall rating3of 5patient survey rating5deficiencies cited in the last three years Overall4 of 5Patient survey3 of 5Deficiencies, 3 years5EmergencyYesBeds697 5 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. Most serious: Standard-level.
- Acute care hospital Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, Washington 98122 Medicare participation ended 4of 5CMS’s overall rating3of 5patient survey rating0deficiencies cited in the last three years Overall4 of 5Patient survey3 of 5Deficiencies, 3 years0EmergencyYesBeds376 1 visit on record, nothing cited.
- Acute care hospital University of Washington Medical Ctr Seattle, Washington 98195 Medicare payments cut under the HAC Reduction Program (fiscal year 2026) 4of 5CMS’s overall rating4of 5patient survey rating1deficiency cited in the last three years Overall4 of 5Patient survey4 of 5Deficiencies, 3 years1EmergencyNoBeds450 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. Most serious: Standard-level.
- Acute care hospital Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, Washington 98101 Condition-level deficiency in the last three years 5of 5CMS’s overall rating4of 5patient survey rating28deficiencies cited in the last three years (needs attention) Overall5 of 5Patient survey4 of 5Deficiencies, 3 years28EmergencyYesBeds336 28 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Most serious: Condition-level.
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Source:
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Washington State Department of Health, Hospitals. Released May 13, 2025. Updated monthly.
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