Washington / Olympic Medical Center
CMS certification 500072 · Port Angeles, WA · 3 entries in CMS's price-transparency list
Olympic Medical Center: charges and Medicare payments
Olympic Medical Center reported 1,167 Medicare inpatient stays across 42 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 2.26 times what it was paid — among the lower ratios in Washington, number 42 of 43 hospitals with at least 100 stays (state median 4.37×, national 4.15×). Its most frequent stay was DRG 871, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC: 245 stays at an average charge of $33,280, 63% below the national average. It also billed 2,351 outpatient services, charging 3.16 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 1,167
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 2.26×
- 3Rank in WA (highest ratio = 1) 42 of 43
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 3
Inpatient stays
For the 42 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Olympic Medical Center charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC | 245 | $33,280 | -63% | $16,832 |
| 291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC | 80 | $27,287 | -52% | $11,417 |
| 065 Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with CC or... | 56 | $25,142 | -55% | $9,483 |
| 177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC | 52 | $32,666 | -54% | $14,176 |
| 951 Other Factors Influencing Health Status | 49 | $17,740 | -31% | $5,008 |
| 481 Hip and Femur Procedures except Major Joint with CC | 44 | $45,315 | -55% | $17,727 |
| 872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC | 42 | $24,784 | -49% | $9,371 |
| 193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC | 37 | $27,442 | -54% | $11,452 |
| 064 Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC | 27 | $35,449 | -65% | $16,718 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 26 | $27,662 | -52% | $10,921 |
| 698 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCC | 25 | $28,153 | -62% | $13,954 |
| 280 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC | 23 | $23,357 | -69% | $13,489 |
| 640 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 22 | $28,764 | -52% | $11,261 |
| 389 Gastrointestinal Obstruction with CC | 20 | $18,369 | -53% | $6,839 |
| 689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC | 20 | $19,190 | -63% | $10,033 |
| 543 Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective... | 19 | $21,141 | -57% | $10,096 |
| 690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC | 19 | $17,185 | -55% | $6,918 |
| 884 Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability | 19 | $21,226 | -66% | $14,660 |
| 057 Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without MCC | 18 | $26,728 | -53% | $11,564 |
| 378 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with CC | 18 | $21,975 | -55% | $9,436 |
| 069 Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic | 17 | $22,947 | -55% | $7,424 |
| 309 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with CC | 17 | $19,141 | -47% | $7,716 |
| 377 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with MCC | 17 | $35,212 | -59% | $15,088 |
| 392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive... | 17 | $18,616 | -54% | $6,705 |
| 330 Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with CC | 16 | $65,231 | -45% | $20,600 |
| 853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with... | 16 | $83,389 | -64% | $40,573 |
| 308 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC | 15 | $20,674 | -63% | $10,450 |
| 329 Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with MCC | 15 | $100,334 | -53% | $40,709 |
| 638 Diabetes with CC | 15 | $18,115 | -57% | $7,916 |
| 682 Renal Failure with MCC | 15 | $24,503 | -63% | $12,600 |
| 480 Hip and Femur Procedures except Major Joint with MCC | 14 | $54,335 | -61% | $24,869 |
| 522 Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture... | 13 | $49,967 | -51% | $17,925 |
| 542 Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective... | 13 | $28,750 | -64% | $15,458 |
| 603 Cellulitis without MCC | 13 | $16,656 | -55% | $7,648 |
| 683 Renal Failure with CC | 13 | $20,963 | -49% | $7,654 |
| 208 Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96... | 12 | $61,137 | -55% | $24,926 |
| 432 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with MCC | 12 | $39,462 | -59% | $17,312 |
| 637 Diabetes with MCC | 12 | $28,618 | -57% | $12,266 |
| 056 Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with MCC | 11 | $43,663 | -55% | $20,859 |
| 281 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with CC | 11 | $21,865 | -57% | $8,044 |
| 312 Syncope and Collapse | 11 | $21,145 | -54% | $7,370 |
| 374 Digestive Malignancy with MCC | 11 | $32,991 | -67% | $18,721 |
Outpatient services
Against the Washington average
For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), Olympic Medical Center charged $33,280 on average, 58% less than the Washington average of $78,715, and was paid $16,832 against a state average of $18,304. For Heart Failure and Shock with MCC (DRG 291), Olympic Medical Center charged $27,287 on average, 49% less than the Washington average of $53,424, and was paid $11,417 against a state average of $12,124. For Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with CC or Tpa in 24 Hours (DRG 065), Olympic Medical Center charged $25,142 on average, 49% less than the Washington average of $49,306, and was paid $9,483 against a state average of $10,087. For Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC (DRG 177), Olympic Medical Center charged $32,666 on average, 50% less than the Washington average of $65,942, and was paid $14,176 against a state average of $15,782. For Level 2 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5372), its average charge of $1,048 was 44% below the state average of $1,884. For Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage (outpatient APC 5072), its average charge of $3,803 was 61% below the state average of $9,672. For Comprehensive Observation Services (outpatient APC 8011), its average charge of $12,864 was 43% below the state average of $22,427. For Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5115), its average charge of $31,644 was 55% below the state average of $69,838.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, WA, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Warning Notice — 2024-02-13 (CMS case 1148)
- Closure Notice — 2024-05-16 (CMS case 1148)
- Met Requirements — 2026-02-27 (CMS case 7137)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.
Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.