25825 South Vermont Avenue, Harbor City, CA, 90710 · (310) 325-5111
Beds
257
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$655.9M
FY 2025
Net income
$34.4M
Patient care margin 5.1%
Discharges
12,386
Occupancy 58.1%
Clinicians
297
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 | $655.9M | $622.4M | 5.1% | $34.4M | 12,386 | $8.2M | 4.4% | 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 | 5.3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 13.6% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.9% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 23% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.7% |
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 | $660.7M | $586.3M | 11.3% | $75.4M | 12,463 | $7.1M | 4.2% | 0.7% |
| 2023 | $609.5M | $561.9M | 7.8% | $48.7M | 12,723 | $3.9M | 3.6% | 0.7% |
| 2022 | $563.6M | $538.1M | 4.5% | $27.0M | 12,072 | $2.4M | 4.3% | 1.1% |
| 2021 | $560.1M | $526.0M | 6.1% | $35.5M | 11,087 | $2.6M | 4.6% | 1.4% |
| 2020 | - | - | - | $1 | 9,576 | $5.5M | 4.6% | 1.7% |
| US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 20.3% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.6% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.89 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.33 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.08 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.82 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.59 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.75 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 77% | 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 | 50% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 71% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 74% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% | 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 | 75% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 65% | US median 79% |
| 25 |
| $35,623.28 |
| $4,405.60 |
| $7,681.44 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 12 | $61,653.33 | $7,460.08 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $41,633.08 | $2,737.42 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 12 | $286,685.58 | $55,359.83 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 12 | $53,319.67 | $10,189.83 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 11 | $46,906.45 | $12,284.91 | $14,301.50 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 11 | $43,238.09 | $6,281.18 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 11 | $68,880.18 | $6,147.64 | $8,466.56 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 69 | 66 | $2,602.76 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | 18 | 13 | $5,598.82 | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 17 | 15 | $1,638.18 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5163 Level 3 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $1,105.91 |
| 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 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5303 Level 3 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $2,887.88 |
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.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Harbor City, CA with 257 beds, part of Kaiser Permanente and a 3-star overall rating.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay in Harbor City, CA has 257 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 251 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 12,386 inpatients that year, with 58.1% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay reported net patient revenue of $655.9M and operating expenses of $622.4M, a margin on patient care of 5.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was $34.4M (5.2% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay is part of Kaiser Permanente, a health system with 39 hospitals based in Oakland, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay 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.
No, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay does not list emergency services.
297 Medicare clinicians list Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Hospitalist.
In 2024, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay had 219 Medicare inpatient stays in 10 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 84 stays; Medicare paid $13,606.95 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $405 in payments to Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay as a teaching hospital ($405 general and - for research) from 2 companies.