Markets / Washington / Whatcom County / St Joseph Hospital

Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns St Joseph Hospital?

2901 Squalicum Parkway · Bellingham, WA · 98225

Overview

Beds228
Discharges17,068cost report 2025
Occupancy89%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)2,317

St Joseph Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Bellingham, Washington, operated by PeaceHealth. Whatcom County has 1 hospitals, 8 nursing homes and 2 urgent care centers.

Ownership

St Joseph Hospital is operated by PeaceHealth.

Operator
PeaceHealth
Owner group
PeaceHealth
Ownership type
Other
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for St Joseph Hospital, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of PeaceHealth

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.

Net patient revenue$935.7M
Operating expenses$862.1M
Net income$87.3M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue9.3%
Uncompensated care cost$22.9M
Charity care cost$19.3M
Medicaid net revenue$42.6M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage11.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 67.8%
  • Medicare 28.3%
  • Medicaid 3.9%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871245$20K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291208$14K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193140$13K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177119$16K
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC · 28099$16K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011540
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115313
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191217
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072172
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361161

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
2901 Squalicum Parkway · Bellingham, WA · 98225
County
Whatcom County
State
Washington
Hospitals in the county1
Nursing homes8
Urgent care centers2

9 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Nearby hospitals

NameCityDistance
Island HospitalAnacortes19.7 mi
Peacehealth United General Medical CenterSedro Woolley21.2 mi
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon25.5 mi

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · irs_schedule_h · CMS record
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
500030
NPI
1689677320
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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