Island Hospital
1211 24th Street, Anacortes, WA 98221 · (360) 299-1300
Island Hospital is a government-owned general hospital in Anacortes, Washington (Skagit County), with 43 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 83% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 285 stays here in 2024, most often for sepsis, heart failure and pneumonia. It lists $2.63 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Washington hospital ($4.33).
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Quality and patient experience
What patients say
★★★★★4 of 5 · 329 surveys
Rated by patients
- Nurses communicated well★★★★★
- Doctors communicated well★★★★★
- Staff explained medicines★★★★★
- Information for going home★★★★★
- Room was clean★★★★★
- Quiet at night★★★★★
Emergency room and urgent care
ER volume: low.
US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.
Hospital stays
Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.
Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 59 | $31,039 | $17,046 | |
| Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 455 | 35 | $71,058 | $39,642 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 31 | $19,871 | $11,010 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 21 | $23,006 | $11,649 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 20 | $22,044 | $14,572 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378 | 16 | $19,310 | $8,753 | |
| Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689 | 16 | $22,399 | $10,106 | |
| Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522 | 15 | $54,002 | $21,239 | |
| Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 468 | 13 | $71,059 | $23,218 | |
| Bowel obstruction, with complications 389 | 12 | $19,071 | $7,182 | |
| Hip or knee replacement 470 | 12 | $56,080 | $16,549 | |
| Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 483 | 12 | $60,661 | $21,845 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 12 | $17,517 | $9,255 | |
| Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 454 | 11 | $89,850 | $53,930 |