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Providence St Peter Hospital

413 Lilly Road NE, Olympia, WA 98506

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Providence St Peter Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 76% 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 4 and worse on 4. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 32 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 3/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 76% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 446 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 4 worse 4 better of 25 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 446 completed surveys, 25% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
76%
WA 71% · US 71% · 5 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
69%
WA 70% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
77%
WA 78% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
76%
WA 79% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
62%
WA 61% · US 62% · 3 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
89%
WA 87% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
73%
WA 74% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
51%
WA 53% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital Washington average US average

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 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 · 362 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min 3 h 32 min 2 h 31 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 22 visits sampled 6 h 44 min 3 h 58 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 59,517 patients 1% 3% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 24 patients 71% 62% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 241 patients 73% 60% 65%

How Providence St Peter Hospital 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 St Peter HospitalThis hospital3/576%3 h 32 min4 better 4 worse
Capital Medical CenterSame city3/573%2 h 20 min3 worse
Grays Harbor Community HospitalSame ZIP area · Aberdeen3/551%3 h 36 min1 worse
Providence Centralia HospitalSame ZIP area · Centralia3/561%3 h 16 min1 worse
Summit Pacific Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Elma2/5—2 h 38 min1 worse
Mason General Hospital & Family of ClinicsSame ZIP area · Shelton2/571%3 h 20 min2 worse

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. All hospitals in Olympia.

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 5,417 cases Too few cases 4% 3.9%
Heart attack 408 cases Too few cases 13.2% 11.9%
Heart failure 591 cases Too few cases 10.8% 11.1%
Pneumonia 384 cases Too few cases 17.4% 15.2%
Stroke 489 cases Too few cases 9.9% 11.9%
COPD 115 cases Too few cases 10.6% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 106 cases Too few cases 2.2% 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.

2 worse than the nation 10 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure Worse 1.36 likely 1.11 – 1.61 1
After hip or knee replacement 92 cases Too few cases 3.8% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 154 cases No different 189.32 per 1,000 likely 153.02 per 1,000 – 225.63 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 7,345 cases Worse 1.46 per 1,000 likely 0.92 per 1,000 – 2.01 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 8,728 cases No different 0.16 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.34 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 8,914 cases No different 0.32 per 1,000 likely 0.14 per 1,000 – 0.5 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,827 cases No different 1.93 per 1,000 likely 0.67 per 1,000 – 3.18 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,421 cases No different 2.39 per 1,000 likely 1.08 per 1,000 – 3.69 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 1,423 cases No different 11.64 per 1,000 likely 7.09 per 1,000 – 16.19 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 3,000 cases No different 2.98 per 1,000 likely 1.27 per 1,000 – 4.68 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 1,391 cases No different 6.39 per 1,000 likely 3.33 per 1,000 – 9.44 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 578 cases No different 2.43 per 1,000 likely 1.01 per 1,000 – 3.86 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,673 cases No different 1.47 per 1,000 likely 0.58 per 1,000 – 2.36 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.

1 worse than the nation 1 better than the nation 4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.58 likely 0.28 – 1.06 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0.78 likely 0.39 – 1.38 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery Worse 2.8 likely 1.68 – 4.39 1
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy No different 1.74 likely 0.44 – 4.73 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0.42 likely 0.11 – 1.14 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.49 likely 0.32 – 0.73 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 713 cases Too few cases 15.6% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 1,010 cases Too few cases 19.9% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 628 cases Too few cases 15.4% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 222 cases Too few cases 20.2% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 144 cases Too few cases 12.3% 11%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 93 cases Too few cases 6% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 424 cases Too few cases 27.5 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 633 cases Too few cases 23.2 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 368 cases Too few cases -10.5 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 266 cases No different 13.5 per 1,000 likely 10.1 per 1,000 – 17.9 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 893 cases No different 1.2 likely 0.9 – 1.4 —

3 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

222 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 7 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
Pharmacist 64
Internal Medicine 30
Emergency Medicine 28
Nurse Practitioner 11
Anesthesiology 10
Hospice and Palliative Medicine 7
Family 6
Registered Nurse 6
Psychiatry 5
Physical Therapist 4
Physician Assistant 4
Adult Health 3

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.

2024 total $1,500 general $1,500 · research $0
All years, 2019–2024 $226,680 61 reported payments
  • 2019 $34,455
  • 2020 $169,474
  • 2021 $13,696
  • 2022 $1,579
  • 2023 $5,977
  • 2024 $1,500

General payments Research payments

Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026.

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 St Peter Hospital

Is Providence St Peter Hospital a good hospital?

Providence St Peter Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 4. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Providence St Peter Hospital?

76% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 446 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Providence St Peter Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 32 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Providence St Peter Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $1,500 in payments to Providence St Peter Hospital for 2024, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.