Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay
25825 South Vermont Avenue, Harbor City, CA 90710 · (310) 325-5111
The money
$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$75.4Mnet income, all sources
11.3%margin on patient care alone
$6.6Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
257beds
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 | 84 | $88,790 | $25,741 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 29 | $76,904 | $23,058 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 25 | $35,623 | $13,049 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 12 | $53,320 | $31,857 | |
| Heart attack, with major complications 280 | 12 | $61,653 | $26,016 | |
| Stomach and digestive disorders 392 | 12 | $41,633 | $30,568 | |
| Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853 | 12 | $286,686 | $67,560 | |
| COPD, with major complications 190 | 11 | $68,880 | $11,888 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 11 | $43,238 | $21,047 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377 | 11 | $46,906 | $22,463 |
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