Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Highline Medical Center?
16521 Sylvester Road Sw · Burien, WA · 98166
Overview
Highline Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Burien, Washington, operated by Highline Medical Center. King County has 24 hospitals, 44 nursing homes and 75 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Highline Medical Center is operated by Highline Medical Center.
- Operator
- Highline Medical Center
- Owner group
- Highline Medical Center
- Partner owner
- CommonSpirit Health · CMS ownership filing
- Ownership type
- Private Nonprofit
- Source
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Highline Medical Center, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of Highline Medical Center
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.
| Net patient revenue | $232.4M |
| Operating expenses | $243.7M |
| Net income | $2.3M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 1.0% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $13.1M |
| Charity care cost | $11.6M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $24.5M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 23.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)
- Commercial and other 72.4%
- Medicare 18.5%
- Medicaid 9.2%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 142 | $18K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 54 | $12K |
| Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC · 280 | 50 | $15K |
| Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure · 189 | 30 | $12K |
| Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193 | 24 | $13K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 118 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072 | 61 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115 | 35 |
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 34 |
| Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361 | 31 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 16521 Sylvester Road Sw · Burien, WA · 98166
- County
- King County
- State
- Washington
3 off-site locations
Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Navos - Inpatient Services | Seattle | 5.6 mi |
| Valley Medical Center & Clinics | Renton | 6.1 mi |
| Seattle Va Medical Center (Va Puget Sound Healthcare System) | Seattle | 7.6 mi |
| Va Hosp | Seattle | 7.8 mi |
| Us Public Health Service Hosp | Seattle | 9.7 mi |
| Harborview Medical Center | Seattle | 10.4 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph
- 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
- 500011
- NPI
- 1558333682
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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