Lower Columbia Hospice
Medicare-certified hospice in Astoria, OR
Medicare-certified5★ family survey90% would definitely recommend
Public-record details
- Address
- 2120 Exchange Street, Suite 203, Astoria, OR 97103
- Phone
- (503) 338-6230
- Listed under
- 4–5 star family rating, Serves assisted living residents, Nonprofit
- Medicare CCN
- 381520
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
- Medicare-certified since
- May 29, 1991
- Family survey star rating
- 5 of 5
- Families who would definitely recommend
- 90%
- Families rating the hospice 9 or 10
- 86%
- Hospice Care Index
- 7 of 10
- Average patients per day
- 38
- Levels of care
- Routine home care only
- County
- Clatsop
What families said
From the CAHPS Hospice Survey, sent by CMS-approved vendors to family caregivers after a patient's death (Oct 2023–Sep 2025). Share of families answering the most positive way:
| Communicated well with the family | 88% |
| Provided timely help | 86% |
| Treated the patient with respect | 93% |
| Gave the right emotional and spiritual support | 93% |
| Helped with pain and symptoms | 78% |
| Would definitely recommend (family) | 90% |
| Rated the hospice 9 or 10 out of 10 | 86% |
Quality measures
| Hospice Care Index (0–10, higher is better) | 7 of 10 |
| Patients who got all 7 recommended care processes at admission (comprehensive assessment) | 97.01% |
| Patients visited by a registered nurse or social worker on at least 2 of their last 3 days of life | 35.9% |
| Medicare spending per patient | $13,700 |
Who this hospice serves
Where care was provided (share of care days)
| Private homes | 68% |
| Assisted living | 28% |
| Skilled nursing facilities | 3% |
Patients' main diagnoses
| Cancer | 33% |
| Dementia | 18% |
| Heart and circulatory disease | 18% |
| Respiratory disease | 7% |
| Stroke | 7% |
| Other conditions | 18% |
Family survey scores cover families of patients who died under this hospice's care, collected by CMS-approved survey vendors. A missing score usually means the hospice is new or small, not that it is poor. You can switch hospices once per benefit period — see Medicare.gov.