CMS certification 500014
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
1321 Colby Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 62% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 6 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 549 completed surveys, 19% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as very high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | WA | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 382 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 4 h 6 min | 2 h 31 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 36 visits sampled | 6 h 6 min | 3 h 58 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 80,676 patients | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 20 patients | 60% | 62% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 195 patients | 76% | 60% | 65% |
How Providence Regional Medical Center Everett compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Regional Medical Center EverettThis hospital | 4/5 | 62% | 4 h 6 min | 5 better 1 worse |
| Cascade Valley HospitalSame county · Arlington | 4/5 | 67% | 2 h 51 min | No different |
| Evergreenhealth MonroeSame county · Monroe | 3/5 | 66% | 2 h 46 min | No different |
| Swedish Edmonds HospitalSame county · Edmonds | 3/5 | 61% | 3 h 7 min | 1 worse |
| Island HospitalSame ZIP area · Anacortes | 4/5 | 83% | 3 h 24 min | 1 better |
| Peacehealth St Joseph Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Bellingham | 4/5 | 65% | 3 h 30 min | 5 better |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 6,479 cases | Too few cases | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 283 cases | Too few cases | 11.4% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 508 cases | Too few cases | 12.4% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 435 cases | Too few cases | 17.1% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 728 cases | Too few cases | 10.6% | 11.9% |
| COPD 162 cases | Too few cases | 11.2% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 95 cases | Too few cases | 2.5% | 2.4% |
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 1.01 likely 0.75 – 1.27 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 177 cases | Too few cases | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 100 cases | No different | 194 per 1,000 likely 143.98 per 1,000 – 244.01 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 7,004 cases | No different | 0.82 per 1,000 likely 0.24 per 1,000 – 1.4 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 8,628 cases | No different | 0.13 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.32 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 8,734 cases | Worse | 0.49 per 1,000 likely 0.31 per 1,000 – 0.67 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,399 cases | No different | 1.75 per 1,000 likely 0.43 per 1,000 – 3.07 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,127 cases | No different | 1.63 per 1,000 likely 0.26 per 1,000 – 2.99 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,099 cases | No different | 8.83 per 1,000 likely 4.02 per 1,000 – 13.64 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 2,567 cases | No different | 2.8 per 1,000 likely 1.01 per 1,000 – 4.59 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,098 cases | No different | 4.79 per 1,000 likely 1.63 per 1,000 – 7.94 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 439 cases | No different | 1.76 per 1,000 likely 0.36 per 1,000 – 3.16 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,392 cases | No different | 1.15 per 1,000 likely 0.24 per 1,000 – 2.06 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.58 likely 0.27 – 1.1 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.15 likely 0.03 – 0.51 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Worse | 2.24 likely 1.4 – 3.39 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 2.67 likely 0.68 – 7.28 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.61 likely 0.27 – 1.2 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.29 likely 0.19 – 0.42 | 1 |
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 630 cases | Too few cases | 12.9% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,105 cases | Too few cases | 20.1% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 916 cases | Too few cases | 16.8% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 436 cases | Too few cases | 20.4% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 153 cases | Too few cases | 8.8% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 165 cases | Too few cases | 5.9% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 320 cases | Too few cases | 4.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 545 cases | Too few cases | -4.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 422 cases | Too few cases | 2.5 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 213 cases | No different | 12.7 per 1,000 likely 9.6 per 1,000 – 17.2 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 675 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.7 – 1.2 | — |
3 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
256 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 60 residents and trainees. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | 69 |
| Anesthesiology | 25 |
| Physician Assistant | 19 |
| Physical Therapist | 18 |
| Emergency Medicine | 17 |
| Occupational Therapist | 12 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 10 |
| Emergency Medical Services | 8 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 8 |
| Surgical | 8 |
| Trauma Surgery | 8 |
| Hospitalist | 7 |
First 12 alphabetically
Money from drug and device companies
Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.
- 2020 $4.4M
- 2021 $3.6M
- 2022 $1.4M
- 2023 $941,546
- 2024 $538,493
- 2025 $306,420
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Space rental and facility fees | $47,350 | 16 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $6,000 | 2 |
| Grants | $3,100 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $208,054 | 11 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $36,386 | 4 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $10,532 | 4 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $9,000 | 3 |
| Abbvie INC. | $6,100 | 2 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $6,000 | 2 |
| Sanofi Pasteur INC. | $6,000 | 2 |
| Pfizer INC. | $6,000 | 2 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Utilization of Intravascular Imaging Guided PCI in a Community-Based Health Care System Boston Scientific Corporation | $198,234 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Pembrolizumab MK-3475 as Monotherapy in the Adjuvant Treatment of Renal Cel… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $26,905 |
| ECLIPSE Abbott Laboratories · NCT03108456 | $8,032 |
| CHAMPION-AF Boston Scientific Corporation · NCT04394546 | $6,721 |
| A Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind Trial of Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy ,- Pembrolizumab MK-3475 as Neoadjuvant,Adjuvant Therapy for Participant… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $6,481 |
| ACURATE IDE Boston Scientific Corporation · NCT03735667 | $3,100 |
| Connect Myeloid: The Myelofibrosis (MF), Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Disease Registry. The purpose of the Connec… Celgene Corporation | $375 |
| Chemo trastuzumab vs chemo trastuzumab pertuzumab Genentech, Inc. | $124 |
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Is Providence Regional Medical Center Everett a good hospital?
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Providence Regional Medical Center Everett?
62% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 549 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Providence Regional Medical Center Everett emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 6 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 3% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Providence Regional Medical Center Everett receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $306,420 in payments to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.