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HospitalKaiser Permanente Central Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: $0×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 500052

1Hospital

Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital

2Location

Seattle, WA (Washington’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 98112

King County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 346 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

Not Available

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
CMS footnote 16: There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.
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5Total HAC Score

0.0453

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $2K, likely $1⁠–⁠2K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0453 for Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $2K estimate 1% of about $167K, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.3346 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $1–2K

Its score was at or below CMS’s line, so this program did not cut its Medicare payments for the year. The score compares hospitals with each other; it is not a grade of the quality of care.

CMS cut scores of 0.3799 and above.

Each year CMS cuts the hospitals with the highest quarter of scores, those above the 75th percentile, so the line moves with other hospitals’ scores.

lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.0453 This hospital 0.0453 lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.0453 This hospital 0.0453

Higher than 55% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Never cut in 10 years

  1. 15—
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26No

In FY2016, FY2018, FY2019, and FY2024, CMS reports a payment reduction decision for this hospital but no Total HAC Score.

CMS scored this hospital on a single measure, so that measure alone set its Total HAC Score.

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 1 of the 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.2283, to −0.1830. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. This hospital has a published value for one measure, PSI 90, and it is above the national median.
  • This hospital
  • National median
  • Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
  1. PSI 90 (what it counts)

    Safety problems such as serious bedsores, falls that break a bone and blood clots after surgery, found by CMS in traditional Medicare claims. A value of 1 matches the national composite value.

    added the most

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 64% of the other 2,808 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.9950

    Z-score0.0453

    Part of score+0.0453

  2. CLABSI (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections tied to a central line, a tube often placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  3. CAUTI (what it counts)

    Urinary tract infections that start from a urinary catheter, a tube that drains the bladder. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  4. SSI (what it counts)

    Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  5. CDI (what it counts)

    C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 900.99500.96230.0453+0.0453Worse than 64% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSIno value published0.559no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CAUTIno value published0.489no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
SSIno value published0.795no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CDIno value published0.346no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
MRSAno value published0.641no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 1; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(0.0453PSI 90)÷1measures=0.0453Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.3346 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.0453, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.0453 divided by 1 = +0.0453PSI 90+0.0453 Total HAC Score: 0.0453Score0.0453 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.0453 divided by 1 = +0.0453PSI 90+0.0453 Total HAC Score: 0.0453Score0.0453 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4

This site recomputes · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 900.0453+0.04530.0453
Total HAC Score0.0453
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The money is a cliff

This program’s cut doesn’t grow with the score. Over CMS’s line, CMS cuts 1% of what traditional Medicare pays a hospital for inpatient stays that year; at or under the line, this program cuts nothing.

The chart draws what the cut would be for this hospital at any Total HAC Score, from this site’s estimate of its payments, with its own score marked.

Figure 3. The cut is a cliff, not a slope: this hospital’s score, 0.3346 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.3346 higher, the cut would have been about $2K by this site’s estimate, the same as at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $2K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $2K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0453 This hospital 0.0453 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $2K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $2Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0453 This hospital 0.0453

Under the axis, every Total HAC Score CMS published: 306 of the 2,929 scored within 0.1 of CMS’s line, on one side or the other.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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ScoreTotal HAC ScoreEstimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.37920.3792$0
Any score from 0.37990.3799−$1,667
This hospital0.0453$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$1,667

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, from CMS’s FY2026 payment files, then applies Medicare’s three hospital quality programs: the readmissions and value-based adjustments to the base payment, and the HAC cut last, as the law sets.

The readmissions and value-based programs adjust only the base payment: the DRG rates times the hospital’s cases, and a Medicare-dependent hospital’s add-on. The HAC cut comes last and takes 1% of everything left, teaching, low-income-patient, outlier, capital and uncompensated care payments included.

($166,696payment+$0readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$1,667at stake

$1,667at stake÷15traditional Medicare stays=$111per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $2K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and $0.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $154,314
Capital: buildings and equipment $12,382
Total, before the three programs $166,696
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment $0
After these two $166,696
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $1,667 $0
Net of the three programs $0

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, low-income-patient payments, outlier payments, a sole community hospital rate difference, a low-volume adjustment, and uncompensated care payments.

Whole dollars, so every line adds up; the estimate is not that precise. Each likely range spans the middle 80% of the misses this site’s estimate made for similar hospitals (or for a wider group, where there were too few) when it was checked against their FY2024 cost reports: one year’s check, not a promise of how often a hospital’s actual figure lands inside.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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LineAmount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)$154,314
Capital: buildings and equipment$12,382
Total, before the three programs$166,696
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)$0
After these two$166,696
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $1,667)$0
Net of the three programs$0

What if a measure were different?

Change a measure’s value to see how this site recomputes the Total HAC Score, the payment reduction decision and, by its estimate, the money, starting from CMS’s values. The money doesn’t slide with the score: it drops off a cliff at CMS’s line.

The what-if needs JavaScript. Without it, the values below stay as they are.

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CMS reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.0453same
Payment reduction decisionNosame
Payment cut0%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$0same

CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799

The faint ticks are CMS’s line in earlier years under the same formula, from about 0.300 (FY2022) to about 0.375 (FY2024). The line moves every year, so a hospital can cross it without changing anything.

CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0453 and a payment reduction decision of No.

A what-if shows the formula’s arithmetic, not what a hospital could realistically change or how. CMS’s real result also depends on other hospitals.

How much cushion?

Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $2K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90up to 1.0427

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 1 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 0.9950 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.6981

Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.0453 among its measured results: +0.0453.
  • PSI 90 +0.0453

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 1, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

This site recomputes · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 900.0453+0.0453same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/500052/

Among hospitals with a Yes or No payment decision, CMS cut those with a published Total HAC Score of 0.3799 or higher and none at 0.3792 or lower. Maryland’s hospitals are scored but not subject to the reduction.

Held fixed: every other hospital’s results, CMS’s line, and each measure’s mean, spread, floor and cap as this site fits them to CMS’s published values.

Year by year

Where this hospital’s score fell among every hospital’s, each year CMS published one. A score near the top is among the highest; the shaded band is where CMS cut. Places compare across years even where CMS changed how it builds the score.

Figure 6. CMS made a decision on this hospital in 10 years and never cut it.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2017: score 1.9000, higher than 6% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.0888, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0866, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0994, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0453, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0453, higher than 55% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2017: score 1.9000, higher than 6% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.0888, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0866, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0994, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0453, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0453, higher than 55% of scores; not cut 151617181920212223242526

● Red: a year CMS cut it ○ Hollow: a year it didn’t

This site recomputes · Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearTotal HAC ScoreHigher than this share of scoresPayment reduction
FY2015N/Ano decision
FY2016N/Anot cut, with no score published
FY20171.90006.5%not cut
FY2018Not Availablenot cut, with no score published
FY2019Not Availablenot cut, with no score published
FY20200.088859.9%not cut
FY20210.086659.7%not cut
FY20220.099462.6%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024N/Anot cut, with no score published
FY20250.045355.7%not cut
FY20260.045355.6%not cut

Among hospitals like it

Each row is a group this hospital belongs to, drawn from every hospital in it with a payment decision. Red columns are hospitals past CMS’s line, the ones CMS cut; the short tick is the group’s middle score.

In Washington, its score is higher than 46% of the other 45 scored there.

In Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area, its score is higher than 38% of the other 13 scored there.

Figure 7. Its score is above the middle in 6 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (300 to 499 beds) to 36% (Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region 593 hospitals26% cut Washington: CMS cut 12 of 46 (26%); middle score 0.0723Washington 46 hospitals26% cut Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area: CMS cut 5 of 14 (36%); middle score 0.1865Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area14 hospitals36% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban 2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.0453 This hospital 0.0453 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region593 hospitals26% cut Washington: CMS cut 12 of 46 (26%); middle score 0.0723Washington46 hospitals26% cut Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area: CMS cut 5 of 14 (36%); middle score 0.1865Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area14 hospitals36% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.0453 This hospital 0.0453

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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GroupWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMiddle scoreHospital higher than
All hospitals2,88671825%−0.045355%
West region59315726%−0.030254%
Washington461226%0.072346%
Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area14536%0.186538%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105359%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038457%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013453%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057456%
This hospital0.0453
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The nearest hospitals

The 8 closest hospitals with a Total HAC Score, in a straight line. The squares are each hospital’s measures in order: filled, above the national median; open, at or below it; hatched, assigned by CMS; blank, not scored.

Figure 8. CMS cut 3 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is less than a mile away.
5 mi10 mi8. Highline Medical Center, Burien: score −0.2965, not cut, 11 miles87. Evergreenhealth Medical Center, Kirkland: score −0.3875, not cut, 9 miles76. Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics, Bellevue: score 0.5857, cut, 6 miles65. University of Washington Medical Ctr, Seattle: score 0.7996, cut, 2 miles54. Harborview Medical Center, Seattle: score 1.5608, cut, about a mile43. Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle: score −0.7265, not cut, about a mile32. Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill, Seattle: score 0.2676, not cut, less than a mile21. Swedish Medical Center, Seattle: score 0.3055, not cut, less than a mile1This hospital: Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WAunder 10.3055not cut
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill, Seattle, WAunder 10.2676not cut
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA1−0.7265not cut
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA11.5608cut
University of Washington Medical Ctr, Seattle, WA20.7996cut
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics, Bellevue, WA60.5857cut
Evergreenhealth Medical Center, Kirkland, WA9−0.3875not cut
Highline Medical Center, Burien, WA11−0.2965not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Swedish Medical CenterSeattle, WAunder 10.3055No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattle, WAunder 10.2676No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 5 measures
3Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle, WA1−0.7265No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
4Harborview Medical CenterSeattle, WA11.56081% cut$1.1MAbove the national median on 6 of 6 measures
5University of Washington Medical CtrSeattle, WA20.79961% cut$2.1MAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue, WA60.58571% cut$544KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
7Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland, WA9−0.3875No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8Highline Medical CenterBurien, WA11−0.2965No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Results are not available for this reporting period.

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Paid & Penalized. Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital, Seattle, WA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/500052/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.