925 Seneca St, Seattle, WA, 98101 · (206) 223-6600
Beds
199
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.29B
FY 2025
Net income
-$45.9M
Patient care margin -10.4%
Discharges
11,937
Occupancy 85.5%
Clinicians
905
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.29B | $1.42B | -10.4% | -$45.9M | 11,937 | $22.5M | 34.1% | 3.1% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 2.9% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.4% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.6% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 9.8% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $1.18B | $1.41B | -19.0% | -$24.6M | 12,912 | $15.3M | 34.1% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | $1.11B | $1.37B | -23.2% | -$41.5M | 10,984 | $10.0M | 39.4% | 2.8% |
| 2021 | $1.17B | $1.28B | -9.7% | $66.0M | 11,271 | $9.2M | 43.8% | 3.6% |
| 2020 | $1.01B | $1.15B | -14.6% | $10.3M | 11,059 | $9.4M | 42.5% | 4.0% |
| 11.3% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 9.6% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.2% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.1% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 18.8% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 4.8% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.9% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.5% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.85 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.22 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.62 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.22 | US median 0.72 · better |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.76 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.22 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 82% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 80% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 51% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 70% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 65% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 206 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 13% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 64% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 89% | US median 79% |
| 93 |
| $158,599.63 |
| $43,412.71 |
| $40,566.75 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 70 | $52,827.67 | $11,372.31 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 64 | $38,207.06 | $8,378.78 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 435 MALIGNANCY OF HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM OR PANCREAS WITH MCC | 63 | $89,205.25 | $15,306.65 | $15,236.96 |
| DRG 330 MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 59 | $94,559.54 | $20,708.32 | $18,026.21 |
| DRG 331 MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 59 | $70,056.24 | $14,422.51 | $12,052.70 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 55 | $58,084.91 | $13,762.55 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 51 | $65,009.45 | $15,183.88 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 266 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 49 | $186,613.04 | $57,479.82 | $52,994.82 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 48 | $29,591.60 | $6,224.96 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 45 | $181,933.27 | $48,581.64 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 41 | $38,016.20 | $8,567.76 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 460 SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 41 | $133,603.93 | $30,343.29 | $27,891.78 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 955 | 537 | $539.26 | $502.15 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 571 | 491 | $1,590.26 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 475 | 405 | $1,513.12 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 435 | 353 | $1,260.64 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 215 | 213 | $2,326.03 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 201 | 196 | $11,239.62 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 200 | 195 | $5,648.12 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 185 | 170 | $4,127.93 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 177 | 156 | $2,780.72 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 176 | 176 | $4,446.10 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5155 Level 5 Airway Endoscopy | 149 | 148 | $5,351.08 | $5,183.46 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 140 | 139 | $2,488.77 | $2,405.01 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Incyte Corporation INCY | 15 | $73K |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc ATEC | 2 | $63K |
| Medtronic, Inc. MDT | 1 | $50K |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP AZN | 4 | $45K |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. TAK | 15 | $35K |
| Boston Scientific Corporation BSX | 2 | $30K |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $26K |
| Genzyme Corporation SNY | 2 | $23K |
| Viseon, Inc. | 4 | $21K |
| MED-EL Corporation | 1 | $18K |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Virginia Mason Medical Center is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Seattle, WA with 199 beds, part of CommonSpirit Health and a 5-star overall rating.
Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA has 199 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 336 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 11,937 inpatients that year, with 85.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Virginia Mason Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $1.29B and operating expenses of $1.42B, a margin on patient care of -10.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$45.9M (-3.3% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Virginia Mason Medical Center is part of CommonSpirit Health, a health system with 129 hospitals based in San Francisco, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Virginia Mason Medical Center has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Virginia Mason Medical Center provides emergency services.
905 Medicare clinicians list Virginia Mason Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, Virginia Mason Medical Center had 2,700 Medicare inpatient stays in 102 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 154 stays; Medicare paid $19,367.39 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $502K in payments to Virginia Mason Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($394K general and $108K for research) from 29 companies.