CMS certification 500079
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital
401 15th Avenue SE, Puyallup, WA 98372
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 58% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 22 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 3. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 13 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: 1,495 completed surveys, 20% 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 · 1,547 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 2 h 13 min | 2 h 31 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 33 visits sampled | 5 h 24 min | 3 h 58 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 172,024 patients | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 42 patients | 52% | 62% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 137 patients | 31% | 60% | 65% |
How Multicare Good Samaritan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalThis hospital | 2/5 | 58% | 2 h 13 min | 4 better 3 worse |
| St Joseph Medical CenterSame county · Tacoma | 3/5 | 66% | 3 h 31 min | 7 better 2 worse |
| Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalSame county · Tacoma | 2/5 | 65% | 3 h 28 min | 4 better 4 worse |
| St Anthony HospitalSame county · Gig Harbor | 5/5 | 78% | 3 h 20 min | 4 better |
| Madigan AMC (FT Lewis)Same county · Joint Base Lewis-McChord | Not rated | 82% | 2 h 59 min | — |
| St Clare HospitalSame county · Lakewood | 4/5 | 69% | 2 h 41 min | 2 better 1 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.
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 5,170 cases | Too few cases | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 232 cases | Too few cases | 13.5% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 864 cases | Too few cases | 12.5% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 870 cases | Too few cases | 15.4% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 463 cases | Too few cases | 10.6% | 11.9% |
| COPD 200 cases | Too few cases | 8.5% | 8.6% |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
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 | Worse | 1.35 likely 1.03 – 1.67 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 85 cases | Too few cases | 5.5% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 92 cases | No different | 204.93 per 1,000 likely 154.13 per 1,000 – 255.72 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 8,280 cases | Worse | 1.78 per 1,000 likely 1.21 per 1,000 – 2.36 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 9,779 cases | No different | 0.14 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.33 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 9,786 cases | No different | 0.23 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.42 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,377 cases | No different | 2.78 per 1,000 likely 1.27 per 1,000 – 4.29 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 329 cases | No different | 2 per 1,000 likely 0.32 per 1,000 – 3.67 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 346 cases | No different | 9.3 per 1,000 likely 1.34 per 1,000 – 17.25 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,478 cases | No different | 4.12 per 1,000 likely 2.11 per 1,000 – 6.13 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 315 cases | No different | 5.28 per 1,000 likely 1.6 per 1,000 – 8.96 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 323 cases | No different | 1.56 per 1,000 likely 0.12 per 1,000 – 3 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,402 cases | No different | 0.81 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.77 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 | 1.01 likely 0.56 – 1.69 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.22 likely 0.07 – 0.54 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 1.24 likely 0.54 – 2.45 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.72 likely 0.27 – 1.6 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.42 likely 0.28 – 0.6 | 1 |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
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 254 cases | Too few cases | 14.6% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,298 cases | Too few cases | 23% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,326 cases | Too few cases | 18.1% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 362 cases | Too few cases | 20.1% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 81 cases | Too few cases | 6.5% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 188 cases | Too few cases | 7.5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 916 cases | Too few cases | 9.7 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 818 cases | Too few cases | 2.3 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 211 cases | No different | 13.1 per 1,000 likely 9.8 per 1,000 – 17.4 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 510 cases | No different | 1.2 likely 0.9 – 1.5 | — |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
88 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. 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 | 10 |
| Physical Therapist | 7 |
| Acute Care | 6 |
| Emergency | 6 |
| Registered Nurse | 5 |
| Emergency Medicine | 4 |
| Family | 4 |
| Internal Medicine | 4 |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 4 |
| Clinical | 3 |
| Hospitalist | 3 |
| Anesthesiology | 2 |
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.
- 2019 $674,843
- 2020 $982,250
- 2021 $327,637
- 2022 $547,269
- 2023 $0
- 2024 $347,370
- 2025 $674,454
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Debt forgiveness | $536 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen Inc. | $247,978 | 7 |
| Abbvie INC. | $158,485 | 31 |
| Ares Trading SA | $140,952 | 76 |
| Genzyme Corporation | $57,342 | 9 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | $31,372 | 5 |
| Novocure GmbH | $15,098 | 1 |
| Sanofi US Services INC. | $8,952 | 6 |
| bioMerieux Inc | $7,449 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel-Arm, Umbrella Study of Avelumab (MSB0010718C) in Combination with Other Anti-Tumor Agents a… Ares Trading SA | $140,952 |
| A Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Oral Armour Thyroid Compared to Synthetic T4 for the Treatment of Primary Hypothyroidism in Adult Partic… ABBVIE INC. · NCT06345339 | $133,772 |
| A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study Assessing the Impact of Olpasiran on Major Cardiovascular Events in Participants Wi… Amgen Inc. | $87,067 |
| A Phase 3, Multicenter, Double-blind Maintenance Study to Assess Long-term Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Rocatinlimab in Adult and Adolescent… Amgen Inc. | $56,880 |
| A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Impact of Evolocumab on Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients at … Amgen Inc. | $47,525 |
| A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Maridebart Cafraglutide on Mortality and Morbidit… Amgen Inc. | $37,190 |
| A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 3 Study Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Frexalimab (SAR441344) to Placebo in Adult Participants With Nonrelapsing … GENZYME CORPORATION · NCT06141486 | $32,942 |
| Open-Label Multiple-Dose 52-Week Study to Evaluate the Safety PK & Efficacy of XYOSTED for Testosterone Replacement in Male Adolescents With Deficien… Antares Pharma, Inc. | $31,372 |
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 Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital
Is Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital a good hospital?
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 22 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital?
58% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,495 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 13 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. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $674,454 in payments to Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital 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.