Birthing-friendly hospitals in Washington

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Washington

Washington has 49 birthing-friendly hospitals. 48 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 16 min.

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

Hospital	City	ER wait	CMS rating
Grays Harbor Community Hospital	Aberdeen	3 hr 36 min	3/5
Island Hospital	Anacortes	3 hr 24 min	4/5
Cascade Valley Hospital	Arlington	2 hr 51 min	4/5
Auburn Regional Medical Center	Auburn	3 hr 37 min	2/5
Auburn Regional Medical Center	Auburn	3 hr 37 min	2/5
Overlake Hospital Medical Center	Bellevue	2 hr 56 min	2/5
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical Center	Bellingham	3 hr 30 min	4/5
Harrison Medical Center	Bremerton	3 hr 25 min	4/5
Highline Medical Center	Burien	3 hr 55 min	4/5
Providence Centralia Hospital	Centralia	3 hr 16 min	3/5
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center	Colfax	2 hr 36 min	5/5
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital	Colville	2 hr 30 min	3/5
Swedish Edmonds Hospital	Edmonds	3 hr 7 min	3/5
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital	Ellensburg	2 hr 2 min	—
Enumclaw Regional Hospital Association	Enumclaw	3 hr 13 min	5/5
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett	Everett	4 hr 6 min	4/5
St Francis Community Hospital	Federal Way	3 hr 22 min	4/5
Forks Community Hospital	Forks	2 hr 16 min	—
Swedish Issaquah	Issaquah	2 hr 21 min	4/5
Kennewick General Hospital	Kennewick	2 hr 47 min	2/5
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center	Kirkland	3 hr 16 min	5/5
Peachealth St John Medical Center	Longview	3 hr 34 min	4/5
Samaritan Hospital	Moses Lake	2 hr 15 min	2/5
Skagit Valley Hospital	Mt Vernon	3 hr 8 min	3/5
Newport Community Hospital	Newport	not reported	—
Capital Medical Center	Olympia	2 hr 20 min	3/5
Providence St Peter Hospital	Olympia	3 hr 32 min	3/5
Olympic Medical Center	Port Angeles	4 hr 11 min	3/5
Jefferson Healthcare Hospital	Port Townsend	2 hr 19 min	3/5
Prosser Memorial Hospital	Prosser	1 hr 52 min	3/5
Good Samaritan Hospital & Rehab Center	Puyallup	2 hr 13 min	2/5
Valley Medical Center	Renton	3 hr 19 min	2/5
Kadlec Regional Medical Center	Richland	2 hr 47 min	4/5
Swedish Medical Center	Seattle	2 hr 24 min	4/5
Univ of Washington Medical Ctr	Seattle	4 hr 26 min	4/5
University of Washington Medical Ctr	Seattle	4 hr 26 min	4/5
Virginia Mason Medical Center	Seattle	3 hr 26 min	5/5
Deaconess Medical Center	Spokane	3 hr	3/5
Providence Holy Family Hospital	Spokane	3 hr 28 min	3/5
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center	Spokane	3 hr 36 min	3/5
Sacred Heart Medical Center	Spokane	3 hr 36 min	3/5
Valley Hospital & Medical Center	Spokane	3 hr 10 min	5/5
St Joseph Medical Center	Tacoma	3 hr 31 min	3/5
Tacoma General Hospital	Tacoma	3 hr 28 min	2/5
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center	Vancouver	4 hr 20 min	4/5
S W Washington Medical Center	Vancouver	4 hr 35 min	3/5
Providence St Mary Medical Center	Walla Walla	2 hr 14 min	3/5
Central Washington Hospital	Wenatchee	2 hr 23 min	3/5
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital	Yakima	2 hr 41 min	1/5

Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Washington, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.