2170 South Avenue, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150 · (530) 541-3000
Beds
63
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$261.4M
FY 2025
Net income
$95.0M
Patient care margin 22.8%
Discharges
1,814
Occupancy 26.2%
Clinicians
244
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 | $261.4M | $201.8M | 22.8% | $95.0M | 1,814 | $6.1M | 30.2% | 3.9% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.2% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.3% |
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 | $196.3M | $217.2M | -10.7% | $42.7M | 1,742 | $3.9M | 28.7% | 4.8% |
| 2023 | $170.5M | $207.4M | -21.7% | $19.7M | 1,594 | $3.7M | 28.4% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | $165.8M | $210.1M | -26.7% | $11.1M | 1,699 | $5.0M | 34.7% | 3.1% |
| 2021 | $147.4M | $181.1M | -22.9% | $19.8M | 1,637 | $5.9M | 32.1% | 6.5% |
| 2020 | $127.7M | $157.5M | -23.3% | $27.0M | 1,555 | $5.8M | 32.8% | 7.3% |
| US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.88 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 83% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 82% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 62% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 79% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 77% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 78% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 132 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 12% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 66% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 67% | US median 79% |
| 17 |
| $73,847.24 |
| $9,929.18 |
| $5,880.23 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 14 | $76,949.64 | $21,476.93 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $92,065.62 | $12,687.31 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 11 | $89,704.73 | $8,320.73 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 11 | $122,277.09 | $20,364.64 | $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 | 220 | 206 | $2,759.11 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 136 | 131 | $14,834.42 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 83 | 83 | $7,408.12 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 64 | 59 | $3,213.54 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 37 | 33 | $1,559.72 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 36 | 36 | $5,708.23 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5116 Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 33 | 32 | $22,104.84 | $15,762.73 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 31 | 28 | $5,265.23 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 28 | 24 | $3,547.38 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 25 | 23 | $1,945.44 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 23 | 21 | $1,557.61 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 15 | 14 | $2,891.40 | $2,141.49 |
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.
Barton Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in South Lake Tahoe, CA with 63 beds, part of Barton Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, CA has 63 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 64 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 1,814 inpatients that year, with 26.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Barton Memorial Hospital reported net patient revenue of $261.4M and operating expenses of $201.8M, a margin on patient care of 22.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was $95.0M (32.0% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Barton Memorial Hospital is part of Barton Health, a health system with 2 hospitals based in South Lake Tahoe, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Barton Memorial Hospital has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Barton Memorial Hospital provides emergency services.
244 Medicare clinicians list Barton Memorial Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, Barton Memorial Hospital had 119 Medicare inpatient stays in 7 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 36 stays; Medicare paid $25,417.92 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.