360 Rush Dr, San Marcos, CA, 92078 · (760) 528-6295
Beds
168
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$353.1M
FY 2025
Net income
-$68.8M
Patient care margin -19.8%
Discharges
7,410
Occupancy 42.0%
Clinicians
237
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 | $353.1M | $423.1M | -19.8% | -$68.8M | 7,410 | $5.5M | 4.4% | 0.4% |
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 stroke patients | 11.9% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.4% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.2% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.6% |
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 | $320.1M | $379.1M | -18.4% | -$57.9M | 7,284 | $4.3M | 4.0% | - |
| US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.7% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.99 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.73 | US median 0.28 |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.16 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.01 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.38 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.38 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 84% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 84% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 64% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 86% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 80% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 88% | 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 | 76% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 78% | US median 79% |
| 14 |
| $30,436.21 |
| $5,236.14 |
| $7,681.44 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 52 | 47 | $2,681.25 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,930.15 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5164 Level 4 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $2,217.17 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | - | - | - | $2,176.09 |
| APC 5331 Complex GI Procedures | - | - | - | $4,262.70 |
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 - San Marcos is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in San Marcos, CA with 168 beds, part of Kaiser Permanente and a 4-star overall rating.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos in San Marcos, CA has 168 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 7,410 inpatients that year, with 42.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos reported net patient revenue of $353.1M and operating expenses of $423.1M, a margin on patient care of -19.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$68.8M (-19.4% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos is part of Kaiser Permanente, a health system with 39 hospitals based in Oakland, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos provides emergency services.
237 Medicare clinicians list Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos had 79 Medicare inpatient stays in 3 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 50 stays; Medicare paid $8,781.86 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.