Construction of the new Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake, Washington — a comprehensive replacement for the ageing 1955 facility —has been completed and was opened on March 7, 2026. The three-storey, approximately 174,000 sq ft hospital has been built on a new site along Yonezawa Boulevard after a successful community bond vote in April 2023 and several years of planning and phased construction.

The project, with a total development cost of roughly US $225 million, was designed to respond to rising regional demand and structural limitations of the old hospital. Exterior work, including sidewalks and windows, has been completed, and interior fit-out of key clinical areas — such as imaging, lab services, and surgical suites — is underway. Once open, the facility will colocate services including outpatient care, obstetrics and surgery, acute care and intensive care units, and expanded emergency services in a modern, patient-centric environment. A similar trend toward purpose-built, standalone paediatric healthcare infrastructure is also advancing in Washington State, highlighted by the recent ribbon cutting at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, a US$480 million project delivering a dedicated children’s campus designed to expand capacity and improve family-centred care delivery.

Project Overview

• Project Name: New Samaritan Hospital — Moses Lake, WA
• Location: Yonezawa Boulevard & South Clover Drive, Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington, USA
• Project Type: Replacement hospital facility for rural healthcare
• Total Investment: Approximately US $225 million (plus financing costs)
• Size: ~174,000 sq ft across three stories
• Bed Capacity: 50 beds with flexible clinical spaces
• Key Functional Zones:
  • Ground floor: outpatient services, lab, imaging, rehabilitation
  • Second floor: obstetrics and surgical services
  • Third floor: acute care and ICU
• Campus Amenities: Cafeteria, conference room, outdoor healing garden and walking paths
• Status: Construction largely complete; opening scheduled March 7, 2026 with first patients arriving the same day
• Community Impact: Replaces ageing 1955 hospital, modernises healthcare delivery, and improves access to comprehensive services in central Washington.

Project Team

• Project Owner / Healthcare Authority: Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice / Grant County Public Hospital District No. 1
• General Contractor / Builder: Graham Construction (lead contractor executing build)
• Design Consultant / Architect: ZGF Architects (master planning and architectural design)
• Engineering Consultants: Structural, MEP, and clinical systems partners coordinating hospital facility design (names announced via procurement documents and design team releases)
• Landscape & Site Civil Contractors: Local and regional civil contractors implementing site utilities, circulation, and campus integration
• Equipment & Medical Systems Installers: Specialty subcontractors aligning imaging, surgical technology, and clinical systems for commissioning

Reported 8th September 2023: The new Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake, Washington, has begun construction.

“We will begin mobilisation on Monday.” “You’ll see all kinds of earthworking equipment show up in the first week,” said Matt Pulick of Graham Construction, the project’s general contractors. “They’ll be moving dirt around to prepare for the site fencing, which will go up the following week.”

Following the installation of the fence, employees will set up construction offices, temporary electricity and an internet connection. Furthermore, a water source to keep the dust at bay.

As part of the site preparation, a “progress camera” will be installed, which will snap photographs of the site every 10 minutes throughout construction, according to Pulick.

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How the Samaritan Hospital in Washington was funded

Residents of the hospital district passed a $130 million building bond in April, and one of Thursday’s resolutions authorised the issuing of about $73.18 million in bonds to be paid back using tax revenue from the voter-approved bond.

The district’s existing levy and operations will be used to repay a different set of building bonds. Commissioners will meet again in a special session to authorise the bond sales. The USDA loan payments will be made at the end of the project.

In 2018, commissioners approved the building of a new 50-bed hospital, with a preliminary design due in 2019. The structure will be three floors tall, with each floor being somewhat smaller than the one below.

Construction was set to commence in 2020, with construction paperwork being produced and a groundbreaking ceremony planned for June 2020. Construction was delayed because to the COVID-19 epidemic, and costs soared in the interim. The commissioners had the option of starting construction in 2022, but they chose not to because available finance fell well short of the updated construction estimates. In July, they agreed to a revised construction estimate.