1425 S Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596 · (925) 295-4000
Beds
249
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$794.6M
FY 2025
Net income
-$24.6M
Patient care margin -4.0%
Discharges
13,400
Occupancy 65.6%
Clinicians
251
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 | $794.6M | $826.3M | -4.0% | -$24.6M | 13,400 | $7.9M | 3.0% | 1.2% |
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 | 4.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.6% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.6% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.9% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 20.3% |
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 | $784.7M | $813.1M | -3.6% | -$10.1M | 13,093 | $6.7M | 2.7% | 1.6% |
| 2023 | $674.5M | $751.2M | -11.4% | -$67.1M | 12,279 | $1.0M | 2.6% | 1.9% |
| 2022 | $681.0M | $704.4M | -3.4% | -$12.8M | 12,000 | $5.2M | 3.1% | 1.1% |
| 2021 | $555.4M | $714.6M | -28.7% | -$151.7M | 11,818 | $2.8M | 2.4% | 0.9% |
| 2020 | - | -$267 | - | $268 | 11,400 | $4.8M | 2.2% | 1.5% |
| US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.14 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.20 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.80 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.86 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.30 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 1.03 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 75% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 35% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 64% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 69% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% | US median 71% |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 9% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 63% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 63% | US median 79% |
| 15 |
| $91,844.80 |
| $9,888.20 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 13 | $81,880.92 | $7,761.15 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 13 | $61,607.69 | $9,326.15 | $12,667.88 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 49 | 46 | $2,933.40 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | 11 | - | $6,237.00 | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | - | - | - | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | - | - | - | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,930.15 |
| APC 5092 Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $4,981.95 |
| 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 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $1,264.08 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5165 Level 5 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $4,436.36 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC MRK | 2 | $139K |
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 - Walnut Creek is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Walnut Creek, CA with 249 beds, part of Kaiser Permanente and a 3-star overall rating.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek in Walnut Creek, CA has 249 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 362 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 13,400 inpatients that year, with 65.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek reported net patient revenue of $794.6M and operating expenses of $826.3M, a margin on patient care of -4.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$24.6M (-3.1% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek is part of Kaiser Permanente, a health system with 39 hospitals based in Oakland, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek provides emergency services.
251 Medicare clinicians list Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek had 131 Medicare inpatient stays in 5 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 74 stays; Medicare paid $15,779.85 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $139K in payments to Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek as a teaching hospital (- general and $139K for research) from 1 companies.