Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego
4647 Zion Ave, San Diego, CA 92120 · (619) 528-5000
The money
$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$39.7Mnet income, all sources
3.0%margin on patient care alone
$11.9Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$2.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
596beds
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.
Hospital stays
Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.
Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 126 | $83,181 | $28,452 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 56 | $61,735 | $16,478 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 55 | $40,853 | $15,274 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 21 | $60,010 | $21,206 | |
| Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698 | 21 | $61,744 | $20,529 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 16 | $54,827 | $17,055 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 15 | $51,854 | $18,999 | |
| COPD, with major complications 190 | 14 | $56,296 | $13,079 | |
| Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522 | 13 | $64,285 | $43,218 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 13 | $34,762 | $11,889 | |
| Bowel surgery, with complications 330 | 12 | $73,130 | $56,927 | |
| Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853 | 12 | $278,506 | $72,721 | |
| Heart attack, with major complications 280 | 11 | $61,649 | $17,597 | |
| Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481 | 11 | $89,570 | $21,870 | |
| Diabetes, with complications 638 | 11 | $46,020 | $10,632 |
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