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Birthing-friendly hospitals in Washington

42 birthing-friendly hospitals. Addresses, emergency services and Medicare ratings for each.

According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of the October 2026 CMS release, Washington has 42 birthing-friendly hospitals. 42 of 42 have an emergency room; among the 41 that report ER times, the middle typical ER visit lasts 3 hr 18 min.

CMS's Birthing-Friendly designation marks hospitals taking part in a maternal-care quality program; hospitals without it may also deliver babies.

Birthing-friendly hospitals by state · Maternity hospitals near me

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Birthing-friendly hospitals42in Washington
With an ER42of 42
Median ER visit3 hr 18 minwhere reported
Medicare-rated42average 3.3 stars

The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement program and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programs rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.

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Every birthing-friendly hospital in Washington

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Grays Harbor Community HospitalAberdeen Aberdeen 3 hr 27 min 3 of 5
Island HospitalAnacortes Anacortes 3 hr 28 min 4 of 5
Cascade Valley HospitalArlington Arlington 2 hr 49 min 4 of 5
Auburn Regional Medical CenterAuburn Auburn 3 hr 36 min 2 of 5
Overlake Hospital Medical CenterBellevue Bellevue 3 hr 2 of 5
PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham Bellingham 3 hr 30 min 4 of 5
St Michael Medical CenterBremerton Bremerton 3 hr 20 min 4 of 5
Highline Medical CenterBurien Burien 3 hr 50 min 4 of 5
Providence Centralia HospitalCentralia Centralia 3 hr 17 min 3 of 5
Whitman Hospital and Medical CenterColfax Colfax not reported 5 of 5
Providence Mount Carmel HospitalColville Colville 2 hr 34 min 3 of 5
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmonds Edmonds 3 hr 5 min 3 of 5
St Elizabeth HospitalEnumclaw Enumclaw 3 hr 23 min 5 of 5
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett Everett 4 hr 14 min 4 of 5
St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way Federal Way 3 hr 21 min 4 of 5
Swedish IssaquahIssaquah Issaquah 2 hr 19 min 4 of 5
Trios HealthKennewick Kennewick 2 hr 44 min 2 of 5
EvergreenHealth Medical CenterKirkland Kirkland 3 hr 18 min 5 of 5
Peachealth St John Medical CenterLongview Longview 3 hr 25 min 4 of 5
Samaritan HospitalMoses Lake Moses Lake 2 hr 10 min 2 of 5
Skagit Valley HospitalMt Vernon Mt Vernon 3 hr 25 min 3 of 5
Capital Medical CenterOlympia Olympia 2 hr 16 min 3 of 5
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia Olympia 3 hr 33 min 3 of 5
Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles Port Angeles 4 hr 11 min 3 of 5
Jefferson Healthcare HospitalPort Townsend Port Townsend 2 hr 24 min 3 of 5
Good Samaritan Hospital & Rehab CenterPuyallup Puyallup 2 hr 15 min 2 of 5
Valley Medical CenterRenton Renton 3 hr 16 min 2 of 5
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland Richland 2 hr 46 min 4 of 5
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle Seattle 2 hr 24 min 4 of 5
University of Washington Medical CenterSeattle Seattle 4 hr 29 min 4 of 5
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokane Spokane 2 hr 51 min 3 of 5
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokane Spokane 3 hr 32 min 3 of 5
Providence Sacred Heart Medical CenterSpokane Spokane 3 hr 39 min 3 of 5
Valley Hospital & Medical CenterSpokane Spokane 3 hr 16 min 5 of 5
Sunnyside Community HospitalSunnyside Sunnyside 2 hr 6 min 2 of 5
St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma Tacoma 3 hr 41 min 3 of 5
Tacoma General HospitalTacoma Tacoma 3 hr 22 min 2 of 5
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver Vancouver 4 hr 15 min 4 of 5
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical CenterVancouver Vancouver 4 hr 40 min 3 of 5
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla Walla Walla Walla 2 hr 22 min 3 of 5
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee Wenatchee 2 hr 26 min 3 of 5
Yakima Valley Memorial HospitalYakima Yakima 2 hr 32 min 1 of 5

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Questions about birthing-friendly hospitals in Washington

How many birthing-friendly hospitals are there in Washington?

Washington has 42 birthing-friendly hospitals in the CMS data published October 2026.

What is a birthing-friendly hospital?

The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement program and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programs rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.

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Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published October 2026. About the data.