1200 El Camino Real, South San Francisco, CA, 94080 · (650) 742-3200
Beds
120
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$365.9M
FY 2025
Net income
$37.6M
Patient care margin 9.2%
Discharges
6,115
Occupancy 64.4%
Clinicians
170
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 | $365.9M | $332.3M | 9.2% | $37.6M | 6,115 | $6.1M | 4.3% | 1.0% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.7% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 14.3% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 21% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.9% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.3% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
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 | $353.6M | $319.6M | 9.6% | $42.2M | 6,161 | $3.8M | 5.5% | 0.6% |
| 2023 | $308.3M | $291.4M | 5.5% | $21.5M | 5,906 | $3.4M | 9.4% | 0.5% |
| 2022 | $284.6M | $284.6M | -0.0% | $4.7M | 5,597 | $2.8M | 4.4% | - |
| 2021 | $284.9M | $290.1M | -1.8% | -$1.8M | 5,530 | $2.8M | 5.0% | 1.9% |
| 2020 | - | - | - | $1 | 5,045 | $3.6M | 4.8% | 0.8% |
| US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 21.2% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.1% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.97 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.87 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.77 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 82% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 77% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 39% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 73% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 74% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 74% | US median 71% |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 10% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 81% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 72% | US median 79% |
| 14 |
| $70,313.43 |
| $8,882.71 |
| $9,973.97 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 14 | $69,304.64 | $8,068.07 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 12 | $42,176.58 | $10,011.42 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 12 | $47,935.83 | $5,714.25 | $7,474.08 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 20 | 17 | $3,038.07 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | - | - | - | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
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.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in South San Francisco, CA with 120 beds, part of Kaiser Permanente and a 4-star overall rating.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco in South San Francisco, CA has 120 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 6,115 inpatients that year, with 64.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco reported net patient revenue of $365.9M and operating expenses of $332.3M, a margin on patient care of 9.2%. After other income and expenses its net income was $37.6M (10.2% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco is part of Kaiser Permanente, a health system with 39 hospitals based in Oakland, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco provides emergency services.
170 Medicare clinicians list Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco had 136 Medicare inpatient stays in 6 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 66 stays; Medicare paid $13,633.35 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.