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Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center, Odessa, WA

502 E Amende Drive, Odessa, WA 99159Lincoln County

Critical access hospital 25 beds (Medicare cost report FY2024) Emergency room

Independent directory · data from CMS, not from this hospital

Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center is a public critical access hospital in Odessa, Washington, with an emergency department. According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 35 min in its emergency department, 1 hr 14 min shorter than the average across Washington hospitals (2 hr 49 min).

Median ER visit 1 hr 35 min treated & sent home −74 min vs WA hospitals' avg
Medicare star ratingNot ratedReason below
Beds25Medicare cost report FY2024

CMS did not publish an overall star rating for this hospital; hospitals that report too few quality measures are not rated.

Source: CMS Care Compare, July 2026 releaseER figures are medians, not live waitsAbout the data

Visiting Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center

Address 502 E Amende Drive
Odessa, WA 99159
County: Lincoln
Directions Apple Maps Call (509) 982-2611
Emergency room Yes. For patients treated and sent home, the median ER visit here lasts 1 hr 35 min (average across WA hospitals: 2 hr 49 min). Medicare's median time in the ER for patients treated and sent home; not a live wait. ER times across WA
What to bring
  • Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
  • A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
  • Your doctor's name and phone number
  • A phone charger
Visiting hours and parking vary: call ahead.

Quick answers about Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center

How long is the ER wait at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center?

CMS doesn't publish live wait times. Over the 12 months CMS reported, patients treated and sent home spent a median of 1 hr 35 min in the Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center emergency room (the average across Washington hospitals is 2 hr 49 min). For tonight's wait, call (509) 982-2611. In an emergency, call 911.

What is the phone number for Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center?

The main phone number for Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center is (509) 982-2611, from Medicare's hospital records.

Call (509) 982-2611
What is the address of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center?

Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center is at 502 E Amende Drive, Odessa, WA 99159.

Directions (opens Google Maps)
Does Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center have an emergency room?

Yes. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center has an emergency department, according to Medicare data.

Quality and performance

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026

Patients treated and sent home from the emergency department at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center spend a median of 1 hour 35 minutes there. That is 1 hour 14 minutes shorter than the average across Washington hospitals (2 hours 49 minutes).

Type Critical access
Ownership Government

Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.

Compare ER waits across Washington · Other Critical Access hospitals in Washington · How we source this data · Something wrong on this page? Tell us

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Infections, complications and deaths

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide

Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center was no different from the national benchmark on the one hospital-acquired infection CMS could compare.

Hospital-acquired infections

C. diff intestinal infectionsClostridioides difficile infections, a bacteria that causes severe diarrhea, often after antibiotics.
Same as national 0 infections vs 1.1 predicted · ratio 0.00

"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted), for Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.

Health insurance at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center

Original Medicare: Medicare-certified, so it can bill Original Medicare (Medicare number 501307). Medicare Advantage plans have their own networks, which this section does not cover.

Washington runs its own exchange, Washington HealthPlanFinder. Check its provider directory for Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center.

Is Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center in your plan?

Washington runs its own health insurance marketplace, so plan networks there aren't in HealthCare.gov's data.

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Source: the insurers' 2027 machine-readable provider files listed in the CMS Marketplace public use files, loaded November 4, 2026, matched to hospitals by NPI from CMS Hospital Enrollments. How we match networks to hospitals Networks change; confirm with your insurer before you go.

Timely and effective care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

MeasureThis hospitalU.S.
Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 524 patients. 95 min 162 min
Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 23 patients. 103 min 257 min
Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 43 patients. 252 min 287 min
Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 113 patients. 72% 78%

CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. About the data.

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Size and finances

Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Dec 2024

Beds
25
Reported to Medicare, FY2024
Employees
48
Full-time equivalent
Discharges
20
Inpatient stays a year
Patient revenue
$11.2 million
Net of discounts
Operating margin
-21.7%
On patient care
Charity care
$105,000
0.8% of expenses
Bad debt
$56,000
Unpaid patient bills

As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Washington hospital finances.

Who owns Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center

Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)

Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Lincoln County Public Hospital District 1, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1946.

Lincoln County Public Hospital District 1 Owns 5% or more directly · 100% · since 1966

11 doctors and other clinicians list Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.

Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.

The area around Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Primary care: Lincoln is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 12.

Mental health: Lincoln is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 18.

Dental: Lincoln is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 16.

Nurse pay: registered nurses in Washington earn a median $124,200 a year. Healthcare salaries in Washington.

Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Washington shortage areas

Healthcare pay in Washington

Registered nurses across Washington (all employers) earned a median of $124,200 a year (BLS, May 2025).Registered Nurse (RN) salary in WashingtonNurse Practitioner salary in WashingtonRespiratory Therapist salary in WashingtonHealthcare salaries in Washington

Cite this data

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Figures as of the July 2026 CMS release Updated automatically when CMS publishes new data Permanent link: hospitalsineachstate.com/hospitals/washington/odessa/odessa-memorial-healthcare-center/502-e-amende-drive/

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