Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Washington with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
15 Washington hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens Hospital, St Michael Medical Center, St Joseph Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens Hospital | 1.3%, 99th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 18.1%, 0th percentile | 16.5%, 30th percentile | 9.8%, 18th percentile | 10.0%, 81st percentile | 12.8%, 100th percentile | Compare Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens Hospital |
| 2 | St Michael Medical Center | 1.4%, 98th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 8.1%, 98th percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | Compare St Michael Medical Center |
| T3 | St Joseph Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 16.2%, 35th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare St Joseph Medical Center |
| T3 | Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 10.3%, 11th percentile | 11.5%, 53rd percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital |
| T5 | Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 14.1%, 67th percentile | — | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | Compare Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill |
| T5 | PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Cente | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 14.2%, 66th percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | 10.3%, 75th percentile | 13.2%, 99th percentile | Compare PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Cente |
| 7 | Providence St Peter Hospital | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 9.9%, 82nd percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | Compare Providence St Peter Hospital |
| 8 | Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 14.2%, 3rd percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 18.2%, 13th percentile | 14.6%, 0th percentile | 11.2%, 58th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics |
| 9 | Deaconess Medical Center | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 14.6%, 1st percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 16.3%, 33rd percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 13.2%, 99th percentile | Compare Deaconess Medical Center |
| T10 | Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 11.4%, 65th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 11.2%, 5th percentile | 10.6%, 69th percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | Compare Providence Regional Medical Center Everett |
| T10 | University Of Washington Medical Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 13.6%, 74th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | 10.1%, 79th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare University Of Washington Medical Center |
| 12 | PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 11.9%, 92nd percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 9.6%, 86th percentile | 13.2%, 99th percentile | Compare PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center |
| T13 | Kadlec Regional Medical Center | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | 9.4%, 89th percentile | 13.3%, 99th percentile | Compare Kadlec Regional Medical Center |
| T13 | Confluence Health Hospital | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 14.4%, 63rd percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 10.9%, 64th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Confluence Health Hospital |
| 15 | Virginia Mason Medical Center | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 8.7%, 89th percentile | 9.8%, 99th percentile | 7.4%, 80th percentile | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Virginia Mason Medical Center |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.