Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
700 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051 · (408) 236-6400
The money
$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$285.3Mnet income, all sources
17.2%margin on patient care alone
$13.2Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$1.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
357beds
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 | 104 | $136,774 | $53,363 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 28 | $47,300 | $29,028 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 26 | $77,169 | $26,674 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 26 | $194,326 | $76,791 | |
| Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065 | 16 | $74,932 | $17,198 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377 | 12 | $111,597 | $26,799 | |
| Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853 | 12 | $209,265 | $56,180 | |
| Stroke, with major complications 064 | 11 | $106,994 | $31,102 |
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