3800 Janes Rd, Arcata, CA, 95521 · (707) 822-3621
Beds
49
FY 2025
Star rating
1 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$50.5M
FY 2025
Net income
-$2.9M
Patient care margin -17.1%
Discharges
778
Occupancy 20.2%
Clinicians
293
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $50.5M | $59.1M | -17.1% | -$2.9M | 778 | $773K | 47.5% | - |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 9.7% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.5% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.6% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.7% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
| Diagnosis group | Stays | Average charge | Medicare pays per stay | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRG 871 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 33 | $70,450.97 | $18,239.06 | $15,524.21 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
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Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $49.4M | $60.7M | -22.9% | -$6.4M | 971 | $1.5M | 40.1% | - |
| 2023 | - | $62.9M | - | -$62.9M | 1,195 | $1.8M | 46.0% | 22.9% |
| 2022 | $49.3M | $60.0M | -21.9% | $498K | 1,895 | $2.7M | 38.0% | 13.9% |
| 2021 | $44.7M | $53.6M | -20.0% | $7.1M | 1,895 | $2.1M | 36.9% | 17.9% |
| 2020 | $48.2M | $62.6M | -29.8% | $510K | 1,648 | $1.7M | 39.2% | 36.5% |
| US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.5% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.02 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 1.75 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 80% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 76% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 53% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 69% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 74% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 69% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 6% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 122 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 8% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 56% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 35% | US median 79% |
| Services |
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| Patients |
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| Medicare pays per service |
|---|
| All hospitals |
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| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 378 | 242 | $2,276.67 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 67 | 64 | $2,636.76 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 35 | 34 | $3,165.53 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 21 | 21 | $7,149.20 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 21 | 21 | $1,588.14 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5415 Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures | 21 | 21 | $4,633.59 | $3,792.42 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 18 | 17 | $3,378.49 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 17 | 12 | $2,453.18 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 15 | 15 | $5,675.57 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 12 | 12 | $3,122.31 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | 12 | 12 | $2,750.39 | $2,176.09 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 11 | 11 | $1,574.34 | $1,196.16 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Mad River Community Hospital is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Arcata, CA with 49 beds and a 1-star overall rating.
Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata, CA has 49 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 80 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 778 inpatients that year, with 20.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Mad River Community Hospital reported net patient revenue of $50.5M and operating expenses of $59.1M, a margin on patient care of -17.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$2.9M (-5.3% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Mad River Community Hospital is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a for-profit hospital (For-profit).
Mad River Community Hospital has an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Mad River Community Hospital provides emergency services.
293 Medicare clinicians list Mad River Community Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, Mad River Community Hospital had 33 Medicare inpatient stays in 1 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 33 stays; Medicare paid $18,239.06 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.