9333 Imperial Highway, Downey, CA, 90242 · (562) 461-6007
Beds
424
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.04B
FY 2025
Net income
-$26.5M
Patient care margin -2.9%
Discharges
18,102
Occupancy 59.2%
Clinicians
397
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 | $1.04B | $1.07B | -2.9% | -$26.5M | 18,102 | $14.5M | 3.5% | 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 | 3.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.8% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9.8% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.5% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.1% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.4% |
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 | $1.03B | $1.01B | 1.8% | $21.5M | 19,017 | $12.6M | 2.9% | 10.3% |
| 2023 | $906.7M | $933.3M | -2.9% | -$23.2M | 18,286 | $6.8M | 2.8% | 9.6% |
| 2022 | $845.9M | $858.3M | -1.5% | -$9.9M | 16,792 | $1.9M | 2.6% | 12.7% |
| 2021 | $858.8M | $777.5M | 9.5% | $84.0M | 15,926 | $3.9M | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| 2020 | -$1 | - | 100.0% | -$1 | 14,688 | $9.0M | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 19.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.00 | 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) | 0.91 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.60 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.55 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.64 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 77% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 58% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 73% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 69% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% | 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 | 72% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 55% | US median 79% |
| 19 |
| $280,074.79 |
| $27,705.95 |
| $40,556.82 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 17 | $46,751.47 | $7,052.35 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 15 | $76,339.40 | $10,317.40 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 14 | $65,806.64 | $8,933.21 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $45,588.50 | $4,709.07 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 12 | $68,463.08 | $13,884.17 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 460 SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $144,312.08 | $6,691.17 | $27,891.78 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 12 | $95,564.75 | $18,866.08 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 11 | $83,702.18 | $12,083.45 | $9,867.73 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 126 | 113 | $2,599.35 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 22 | 13 | $3,061.74 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5184 Level 4 Vascular Procedures | 11 | 11 | $5,278.56 | $3,945.82 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5232 Level 2 ICD and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $29,374.70 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5303 Level 3 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $2,887.88 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5362 Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $8,164.45 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | - | - | - | $1,516.28 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $4,302 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ZBH | 1 | $185 |
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 - Downey is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Downey, CA with 424 beds, part of Kaiser Permanente and a 4-star overall rating.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey in Downey, CA has 424 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 352 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 18,102 inpatients that year, with 59.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey reported net patient revenue of $1.04B and operating expenses of $1.07B, a margin on patient care of -2.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$26.5M (-2.5% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey is part of Kaiser Permanente, a health system with 39 hospitals based in Oakland, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
No, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey does not list emergency services.
397 Medicare clinicians list Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist.
In 2024, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey had 269 Medicare inpatient stays in 11 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 112 stays; Medicare paid $17,885.45 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $4,487 in payments to Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey as a teaching hospital ($4,487 general and - for research) from 2 companies.