222 W 39th Ave, San Mateo, CA, 94403 · (650) 573-2222
Beds
69
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$214.6M
FY 2025
Net income
-$16.1M
Patient care margin -125.6%
Discharges
3,411
Occupancy 41.6%
Clinicians
218
Medicare clinicians who work here
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 | $214.6M | $484.1M | -125.6% | -$16.1M | 3,411 | $12.4M | 9.6% | 11.0% |
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 | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.9% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.8% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.6% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.97 | US median 0.96 |
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.
| 2024 | $207.9M | $468.3M | -125.3% | -$16.7M | 2,203 | $3.5M | 6.9% | 11.4% |
| 2023 | $169.7M | $432.5M | -154.9% | -$11.3M | 2,252 | $3.3M | 6.3% | 10.4% |
| 2022 | $163.1M | $401.3M | -146.0% | $33.9M | 2,157 | $3.6M | 8.4% | 19.3% |
| 2021 | $155.5M | $410.6M | -164.1% | $16.7M | 1,926 | $7.8M | 10.5% | 24.3% |
| 2020 | $139.2M | $413.2M | -196.8% | $1.2M | 1,947 | $2.9M | 10.7% | 21.2% |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.66 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | 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 | 47% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 70% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 78% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 68% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 170 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 81% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 75% | US median 79% |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 45 | 27 | $777.13 | $502.15 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 14 | - | $2,654.02 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 13 | 13 | $3,117.38 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 11 | 11 | $2,319.70 | $1,516.28 |
| 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 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5164 Level 4 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $2,217.17 |
| APC 5165 Level 5 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $4,436.36 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
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.
San Mateo Medical Center is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in San Mateo, CA with 69 beds, part of San Mateo County Health.
San Mateo Medical Center in San Mateo, CA has 69 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 103 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 3,411 inpatients that year, with 41.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), San Mateo Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $214.6M and operating expenses of $484.1M, a margin on patient care of -125.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$16.1M (-3.4% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
San Mateo Medical Center is part of San Mateo County Health, a health system with 1 hospitals based in San Mateo, CA. It is a government-owned hospital.
San Mateo Medical Center has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, San Mateo Medical Center provides emergency services.
218 Medicare clinicians list San Mateo Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, San Mateo Medical Center had 26 Medicare inpatient stays in 2 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 15 stays; Medicare paid $24,328.13 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $1,903 in payments to San Mateo Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($1,903 general and - for research) from 4 companies.