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HospitalMedStar Washington Hospital Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$378K×

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6 District of Columbia hospitals

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 090011

1Hospital

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

2Location

Washington, DC

3Type

Major teaching · 818 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

Net, three programs, FY2026 Estimate

−$378K

Net cut

Likely range −$414K to −$327K

All three programs’ FY2026 figures, the latest year they share. A program’s own pages may show a newer year.

  • Readmissions−$176Kcut; median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay: −$105K
  • Hospital-acquired conditions$0no cut; median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay: $0
  • Value-based purchasing−$202Kcut; median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay: −$329K
  • Net, estimated−$378Kcut; median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay: −$531K

Median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay

What if? Adjust any program

A 0.13% net cut of Medicare inpatient pay, against a 0.18% cut at the median of 6 District of Columbia hospitals.

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Every program, among its peers

What if? Adjust any program Every program, among its peers

This hospital’s estimated FY2026 dollars in each program, beside the same 6 District of Columbia hospitals.

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Readmissions HRRP

Estimated FY2026: −$176K cut

FY2026 payment factor 0.9990. Of the 6 District of Columbia hospitals: 5 with a cut, 1 with no cut. Peer median, among those in the program: −0.04% of pay.

Its Readmissions page shows CMS’s FY2027 factor, 0.9991. This page uses FY2026’s, the latest year all three programs share.

Readmissions for this hospital

Hospital-acquired conditions HACRP

Estimated FY2026: $0 no cut

CMS’s FY2026 decision: no cut. Of the 6 District of Columbia hospitals: 1 with the 1% cut, 5 with no cut. The HAC pages count only the hospitals CMS scored with a payment decision, with or without an estimate here.

Hospital-acquired conditions for this hospital

Value-based purchasing HVBP

Estimated FY2026: −$202K cut

FY2026 payment factor 0.9988. Of the 6 District of Columbia hospitals: 1 with a bonus, 4 with a cut, 1 not in the program. Peer median, among those in the program: −0.11% of pay.

Value-based purchasing: page under construction

Net, all three programs

Estimated FY2026, from CMS’s factors Estimate

−$378K

That is a 0.13% net cut of Medicare inpatient pay; the median of the 6 District of Columbia hospitals is a 0.18% cut.

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. This one moves each program’s payment factor; each program’s own pages have the measure-level what-if.

Every peer as a table (6 District of Columbia hospitals, alphabetical)

Source: CMS FY2026 program files (HRRP, HACRP, HVBP) and this site’s dollar model. Dollars are estimates of FY2026 effects on Medicare inpatient pay; percentages are each hospital’s estimated change divided by its estimated Medicare inpatient pay.

A cut is a program’s formula at work, not a verdict on a hospital’s care.