Hyperbaric Medicine

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is home to state-of-the-art hyperbaric medicine facilities run by some of the nation's most experienced and well-trained teams.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical treatment that allows a patient to breathe 100 percent pure oxygen while in a pressurized chamber. Hyperbaric chambers are well known for treating scuba diving accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning, and other emergencies. Hyperbaric therapy also stimulates healing by helping the body grow new blood vessels and carrying oxygen to tissues. This is especially useful for treating non-healing wounds, including tissue that’s injured by radiation therapy, and some types of severe diabetic wounds.

Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle is the only facility in Western Washington with a triple-lock multiplace chamber. Learn more about this treatment chamber and how it works.

Your primary care provider can refer you to the Hyperbaric Medicine program at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Once you have a referral for hyperbaric therapy, schedule an appointment at a location near you. We accept many insurance plans, and Medicare and Medicaid.

Talk to your primary care physician or provider if you believe you have a condition that may be improved through hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Referring physicians can find referral information on our hyperbaric medicine page for referring physicians. 

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a multi-place chamber at Virginia Mason Medical Center - Seattle, and in a monoplace chamber at St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, and St. Anne Hospital in Burien.

Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
206-583-6543
For appointments at VMMC, please reivew parking information for the Seattle location.

St. Michael Medical Center
1800 Northwest Myhre Road
Silverdale, WA 98383
564-240-1000

St. Anne Hospital
16251 Sylvester Road SW
Burien, WA 98166
206-244-9970