1959 NE Pacific St Box 356151, Seattle, WA, 98195 · (206) 598-3300
Beds
652
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$2.57B
FY 2025
Net income
$131.9M
Patient care margin -8.1%
Discharges
33,580
Occupancy 85.1%
Clinicians
2,298
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 | $2.57B | $2.78B | -8.1% | $131.9M | 33,580 | $28.2M | 23.2% | 4.5% |
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 | 2.5% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.3% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.6% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 2.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.6% | 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 | $2.33B | $2.49B | -7.1% | $260.1M | 32,434 | $26.6M | 23.4% | 4.2% |
| 2023 | $2.02B | $2.31B | -14.4% | $106.1M | 31,250 | $20.7M | 25.4% | 4.9% |
| 2022 | $1.82B | $1.94B | -6.6% | $85.0M | 29,773 | $22.9M | 26.1% | 4.1% |
| 2021 | $1.73B | $1.87B | -8.3% | $150.5M | 28,617 | $16.8M | 28.3% | 4.8% |
| 2020 | $1.42B | $1.59B | -12.3% | $35.8M | 22,492 | $13.5M | 26.9% | 5.4% |
| 10.1% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 11.5% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.6% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.7% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.2% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.6% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.2% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.87 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.42 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.17 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.26 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 1.72 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.92 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 1.23 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 80% | 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 | 53% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 76% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 75% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 4% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 266 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 10% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 63% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 82% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 62% | US median 74% |
| 211 |
| $81,500.67 |
| $17,950.27 |
| $15,524.21 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 195 | $57,312.44 | $14,130.06 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 266 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 99 | $267,683.13 | $61,136.87 | $52,994.82 |
| DRG 286 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC | 88 | $129,875.85 | $22,633.73 | $17,632.75 |
| DRG 847 CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITH CC | 88 | $42,638.74 | $10,429.32 | $12,158.78 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 78 | $35,999.64 | $7,189.37 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 274 PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 78 | $139,283.47 | $27,985.87 | $24,748.54 |
| DRG 025 CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 77 | $186,274.75 | $41,936.23 | $37,824.45 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 72 | $35,406.10 | $6,706.26 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 71 | $49,574.06 | $11,462.13 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 66 | $39,697.41 | $9,795.79 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 699 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC | 65 | $35,158.32 | $8,187.25 | $8,250.73 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 65 | $53,758.12 | $11,211.37 | $10,642.23 |
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 | 1,820 | 821 | $540.78 | $502.15 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 766 | 677 | $1,622.93 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 493 | 470 | $1,290.47 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 396 | 326 | $2,344.66 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 353 | 292 | $1,514.53 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 344 | 314 | $4,124.99 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 315 | 300 | $11,554.55 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 310 | 302 | $2,177.42 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 309 | 257 | $2,764.41 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | 275 | 188 | $2,944.63 | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 256 | 221 | $9,394.95 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | 255 | 166 | $1,351.40 | $1,264.08 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen Inc. AMGN | 10 | $15.6M |
| Pfizer Inc. PFE | 179 | $6.0M |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC MRK | 59 | $5.3M |
| Genentech, Inc. ROG.SW | 101 | $4.8M |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC JNJ | 185 | $4.2M |
| Novo Nordisk AS NVO | 5 | $2.7M |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. BMY | 36 | $2.1M |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP AZN | 19 | $2.0M |
| Abbvie Inc. ABBV | 96 | $1.5M |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD | 25 | $1.4M |
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.
University of Washington Medical Ctr is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Seattle, WA with 652 beds, part of UW Medicine and a 4-star overall rating.
University of Washington Medical Ctr in Seattle, WA has 652 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 450 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 33,580 inpatients that year, with 85.1% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), University of Washington Medical Ctr reported net patient revenue of $2.57B and operating expenses of $2.78B, a margin on patient care of -8.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was $131.9M (4.7% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
University of Washington Medical Ctr is part of UW Medicine, a health system with 3 hospitals based in Seattle, WA. It is a government-owned hospital.
University of Washington Medical Ctr has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 1 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
No, University of Washington Medical Ctr does not list emergency services.
2,298 Medicare clinicians list University of Washington Medical Ctr as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Hospitalist.
In 2024, University of Washington Medical Ctr had 6,040 Medicare inpatient stays in 179 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 291 (heart failure and shock with mcc) with 245 stays; Medicare paid $10,938.38 per stay on average, compared with $10,022.34 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $70.7M in payments to University of Washington Medical Ctr as a teaching hospital ($9.8M general and $60.9M for research) from 165 companies.