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HospitalMulticare Covington Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$39K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 500154

1Hospital

Multicare Covington Medical Center

2Location

Covington, WA (Washington’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 98042

King County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 58 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

3 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

0.4894

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$65K estimate
Likely $48⁠–⁠81K; about $131 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$65K

cut from its FY2026 Medicare inpatient payments, this site estimates estimate

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.4894 for Multicare Covington Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $6.5M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $131 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $48–81K

Its score was above CMS’s line, so CMS cut its Medicare inpatient payments by 1% 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: 0.4894 This hospital 0.4894 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: 0.4894 This hospital 0.4894

Higher than 79% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 1 of 7 years

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

In FY2019 and FY2020, CMS reports a payment reduction decision for this hospital but no Total HAC Score.

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 2 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 CDI down to the national median (0.346) would lower the score the most: by 0.6582, to −0.1688. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 2 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 1; CDI added the most to its score.
  • 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.

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Better than 51% 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 value0.9576

    Z-score−0.2152

    Part of score−0.1076

  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.

    added the most

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 86% of the other 2,766 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 0.0071. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.686

    Z-score1.1941

    Part of score+0.5971

  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 900.95760.9623−0.2152−0.1076Better than 51% 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
CDI0.6860.3461.1941+0.5971Worse than 86% of the other 2,766 hospitals
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 2; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(−0.2152PSI 90+1.1941CDI)÷2measures=0.4894Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make 0.4895; CMS reports 0.4894. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.1102 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.4894, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.2152 divided by 2 = −0.1076PSI 90−0.1076 CDI: z‑score 1.1941 divided by 2 = +0.5971CDI+0.5971 Total HAC Score: 0.4894Score0.4894 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.40.5 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.2152 divided by 2 = −0.1076PSI 90−0.1076 CDI: z‑score 1.1941 divided by 2 = +0.5971CDI+0.5971 Total HAC Score: 0.4894Score0.4894 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.40.5

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 90−0.2152−0.1076−0.1076
CDI1.1941+0.59710.4895
Total HAC Score0.4894
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, 0.1102 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $65K by this site’s estimate, and at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133, the cut would be the same.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $65K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $65K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.4894 This hospital 0.4894 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $65K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $65Kat 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: 0.4894 This hospital 0.4894

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−$65,323
This hospital0.4894−$65,323
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$65,323

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.

($6,506,384payment+$0readmissions+$25,925value-based)×1%the cut=$65,323HAC cut

$65,323HAC cut÷498traditional Medicare stays=$131per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $65K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and +$26K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $4,852,356
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $145,571
Outliers: unusually costly stays $33,675
Capital: buildings and equipment $379,518
Uncompensated care $1,095,264
Total, before the three programs $6,506,384
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0053 − 1) +$25,925
After these two $6,532,309
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $48⁠–⁠81K −$65,323
Net of the three programs likely −$50K to −$29K −$39,398

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

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)$4,852,356
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$145,571
Outliers: unusually costly stays$33,675
Capital: buildings and equipment$379,518
Uncompensated care$1,095,264
Total, before the three programs$6,506,384
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0053 − 1))+$25,925
After these two$6,532,309
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $48–81K)−$65,323
Net of the three programs (likely −$50K to −$29K)−$39,398

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.

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CMS reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.4894same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$65Ksame

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 0.4894 and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

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.

What would it take?

Getting under CMS’s line would keep about $65K, this site estimates: the whole cut, however far under the score lands.

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

MeasureValue that would read No
PSI 900.9259 or lower
CDI0.629 or lower

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 2 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 0.9576 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.3491

CMS 0.686 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.1936

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Figure 5. CDI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.4894 among its measured results: +0.5971.
  • PSI 90 −0.1076
  • CDI +0.5971

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 2, 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 90−0.2152−0.1076same
CDI1.1941+0.5971same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/500154/

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 cut this hospital in 1 of the 7 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2021: score −0.9847, higher than 5% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.8815, higher than 6% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.0610, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.1178, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.4894, higher than 79% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2021: score −0.9847, higher than 5% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.8815, higher than 6% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.0610, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.1178, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.4894, higher than 79% of scores; 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
FY2015no decision
FY2016no decision
FY2017no decision
FY2018no decision
FY2019Not Availablenot cut, with no score published
FY2020N/Anot cut, with no score published
FY2021−0.98475.2%not cut
FY2022−0.88156.7%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.061048.1%not cut
FY2025−0.117843.7%not cut
FY20260.489479.7%cut

Its infections, year by year

This hospital’s infection rate against prediction for each calendar year Care Compare published one, on each measure with at least two years of results (black), over the nation’s middle hospital (gray). Below the dashed line at one, fewer infections than predicted. Each year is measured against the same fixed baseline, not against other hospitals, so unlike the score they can all improve at once.

Figure 7. 0 of its 1 infection measures ended lower than they started.
C. diff 0.00 → 0.98 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle C. diff, 2019: 0.000C. diff, 2021: 0.919C. diff, 2022: 0.483C. diff, 2023: 0.362C. diff, 2024: 0.978 C. diff 0.00 → 0.98 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle C. diff, 2019: 0.000C. diff, 2021: 0.919C. diff, 2022: 0.483C. diff, 2023: 0.362C. diff, 2024: 0.978

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar yearC. diff
2018
20190.000
20210.919
20220.483
20230.362
20240.978

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 77% of the other 45 scored there.

In Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area, its score is higher than 69% of the other 13 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 23% (Urban) 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 Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds 805 hospitals28% 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: 0.4894 This hospital 0.4894 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 Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds805 hospitals28% 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: 0.4894 This hospital 0.4894

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%−0.045379%
West region59315726%−0.030280%
Washington461226%0.072377%
Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA area14536%0.186569%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105379%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115475%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013478%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057481%
This hospital0.4894
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 9. CMS cut 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 7 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. St Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma: score −0.6681, not cut, 18 miles87. Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma: score 0.4744, cut, 18 miles76. Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup: score 0.0926, not cut, 15 miles65. Highline Medical Center, Burien: score −0.2965, not cut, 13 miles54. Swedish Issaquah, Issaquah: score 0.1054, not cut, 13 miles43. St Francis Community Hospital, Federal Way: score −0.4372, not cut, 11 miles32. Valley Medical Center, Renton: score 0.8737, cut, 8 miles21. Multicare Auburn Medical Center, Auburn: score −0.1230, not cut, 7 miles1This hospital: Multicare Covington Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Multicare Auburn Medical Center, Auburn, WA7−0.1230not cut
Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA80.8737cut
St Francis Community Hospital, Federal Way, WA11−0.4372not cut
Swedish Issaquah, Issaquah, WA130.1054not cut
Highline Medical Center, Burien, WA13−0.2965not cut
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup, WA150.0926not cut
Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma, WA180.4744cut
St Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, WA18−0.6681not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAuburn, WA7−0.1230No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Valley Medical CenterRenton, WA80.87371% cut$582KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
3St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way, WA11−0.4372No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
4Swedish IssaquahIssaquah, WA130.1054No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Highline Medical CenterBurien, WA13−0.2965No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup, WA150.0926No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
7Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma, WA180.47441% cut$1.1MAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
8St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma, WA18−0.6681No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Multicare Covington Medical Center, Covington, WA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/500154/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.