9555 SW 162 Ave, Miami, FL, 33196 · (786) 467-2000
Beds
203
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$517.9M
FY 2025
Net income
$136.9M
Patient care margin 24.1%
Discharges
10,376
Occupancy 61.3%
Clinicians
557
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 | $517.9M | $393.2M | 24.1% | $136.9M | 10,376 | $22.8M | 15.6% | 5.3% |
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 | 7.9% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 7.9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 2.3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 11.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 6.7% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.6% |
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 | $492.2M | $359.9M | 26.9% | $136.8M | 10,936 | $22.5M | 15.0% | 1.5% |
| 2023 | $420.5M | $322.9M | 23.2% | $101.5M | 9,782 | $18.9M | 16.3% | 2.2% |
| 2022 | $361.6M | $294.8M | 18.5% | $69.1M | 8,080 | $17.8M | 16.6% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | $344.0M | $270.5M | 21.4% | $78.6M | 8,346 | $18.8M | 13.9% | 2.8% |
| 2020 | $255.5M | $233.6M | 8.6% | $37.5M | 7,495 | $18.7M | 17.4% | 6.2% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.8% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 15.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.88 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.23 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.33 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.72 · better |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.79 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 77% | 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 | 64% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 70% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 74% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 73% | 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) | 179 min | US median 148 min |
| 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 | 89% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 85% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 90% | US median 74% |
| 90 |
| $88,802.26 |
| $10,787.99 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 62 | $114,325.90 | $14,210.79 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 46 | $70,999.93 | $9,662.85 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 44 | $100,979.68 | $11,408.09 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 39 | $59,966.18 | $6,925.21 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 39 | $94,114.41 | $11,516.77 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 27 | $259,108.48 | $39,016.63 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 25 | $73,623.80 | $11,032.56 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 389 GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITH CC | 24 | $46,612.00 | $7,141.17 | $5,697.23 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 24 | $75,850.92 | $6,698.42 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 23 | $74,621.70 | $7,849.43 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 194 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 23 | $50,041.26 | $7,064.39 | $5,880.23 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 23 | $78,320.09 | $7,699.91 | $6,629.69 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 396 | 357 | $1,952.11 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 33 | 33 | $4,027.56 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 27 | 27 | $5,163.17 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 16 | 16 | $3,723.21 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 14 | 14 | $2,336.07 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5116 Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 13 | 13 | $15,212.94 | $15,762.73 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $1,264.08 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5164 Level 4 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $2,217.17 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
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.
West Kendall Baptist Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Miami, FL with 203 beds, part of Baptist Health South Florida and a 5-star overall rating.
West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami, FL has 203 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 10,376 inpatients that year, with 61.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), West Kendall Baptist Hospital reported net patient revenue of $517.9M and operating expenses of $393.2M, a margin on patient care of 24.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was $136.9M (25.8% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
West Kendall Baptist Hospital is part of Baptist Health South Florida, a health system with 9 hospitals based in Coral Gables, FL. It is a nonprofit hospital.
West Kendall Baptist Hospital has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 2 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, West Kendall Baptist Hospital provides emergency services.
557 Medicare clinicians list West Kendall Baptist Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Diagnostic Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, West Kendall Baptist Hospital had 1,001 Medicare inpatient stays in 29 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 194 stays; Medicare paid $15,966.80 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $108K in payments to West Kendall Baptist Hospital as a teaching hospital ($66K general and $42K for research) from 7 companies.