CMS certification 501339
Whidbeyhealth Medical Center
101 North Main Street, Coupeville, WA 98239
Whidbeyhealth Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 71% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 14 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1.
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: 166 completed surveys, 22% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
How Whidbeyhealth Medical Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whidbeyhealth Medical CenterThis hospital | 2/5 | 71% | — | 1 better 1 worse |
| Peacehealth St Joseph Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Bellingham | 4/5 | 65% | 3 h 30 min | 5 better |
| Cascade Valley HospitalSame ZIP area · Arlington | 4/5 | 67% | 2 h 51 min | No different |
| Island HospitalSame ZIP area · Anacortes | 4/5 | 83% | 3 h 24 min | 1 better |
| Evergreenhealth MonroeSame ZIP area · Monroe | 3/5 | 66% | 2 h 46 min | No different |
| Skagit Valley HospitalSame ZIP area · Mount Vernon | 3/5 | 69% | 3 h 8 min | 3 better 3 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 405 cases | Too few cases | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 44 cases | Too few cases | 14.7% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 81 cases | Too few cases | 21.8% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 44 cases | Too few cases | 15.9% | 11.9% |
| COPD 63 cases | Too few cases | 11.6% | 8.6% |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 1.14 likely 0.19 – 3.78 | 1 |
5 more measures 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 heart failure 39 cases | Too few cases | 21.5% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 81 cases | Too few cases | 16.7% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 78 cases | Too few cases | 18.7% | 20% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 45 cases | Too few cases | 58.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 77 cases | Too few cases | -11.9 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 594 cases | No different | 12.4 per 1,000 likely 9.3 per 1,000 – 16.7 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 60 cases | No different | 10.9 per 100 likely 7.6 per 100 – 15.4 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 60 cases | No different | 6.2 per 100 likely 4 per 100 – 9.4 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 62 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.8 – 1.6 | — |
5 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for complications. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
Clinicians registered at this address
46 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 |
|---|---|
| Emergency Medicine | 8 |
| Internal Medicine | 4 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 4 |
| Physical Therapist | 4 |
| Adult Health | 3 |
| Gerontology | 3 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 2 |
| Pharmacist | 2 |
| Surgery | 2 |
| Acute Care | 1 |
| Anesthesiology | 1 |
| Family | 1 |
First 12 alphabetically
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 Whidbeyhealth Medical Center
Is Whidbeyhealth Medical Center a good hospital?
Whidbeyhealth Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 14 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Whidbeyhealth Medical Center?
71% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 166 completed HCAHPS surveys.
Does Whidbeyhealth Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Whidbeyhealth Medical Center.