6412 Laurel Ave, Lake Isabella, CA, 93240 · (760) 379-2681
Beds
24
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$40.9M
FY 2025
Net income
$997K
Patient care margin -1.9%
Discharges
329
Occupancy 16.2%
Clinicians
44
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 | $40.9M | $41.7M | -1.9% | $997K | 329 | $332K | 32.1% | - |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.8% | US median 8.5% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 5.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.8% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.5% | US median 17.2% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 81% | US median 79% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
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 | $34.5M | $37.7M | -9.4% | -$146K | 308 | $383K | 39.5% | - |
| 2023 | $29.3M | $34.4M | -17.2% | $2.5M | 312 | $261K | 37.3% | - |
| 2022 | $33.2M | $31.9M | 4.0% | $4.5M | 310 | $532K | 29.5% | - |
| 2021 | $29.6M | $31.3M | -5.9% | $2.1M | 310 | $620K | 34.2% | - |
| 2020 | $27.1M | $28.4M | -5.0% | -$576K | 291 | $672K | 36.2% | - |
| Nurses always communicated well | 80% | US median 80% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 66% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 54% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 85% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 50% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 4% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 163 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 29% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 53% | US median 79% |
Kern Valley Healthcare District is a government-owned critical access hospital in Lake Isabella, CA with 24 beds and a 3-star overall rating.
Kern Valley Healthcare District in Lake Isabella, CA has 24 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 25 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 329 inpatients that year, with 16.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Kern Valley Healthcare District reported net patient revenue of $40.9M and operating expenses of $41.7M, a margin on patient care of -1.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was $997K (2.3% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Kern Valley Healthcare District is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a government-owned hospital (Government (hospital district)).
Kern Valley Healthcare District has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings.
Yes, Kern Valley Healthcare District provides emergency services.
44 Medicare clinicians list Kern Valley Healthcare District as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Emergency Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology).