KERN MEDICAL CENTER — financial and operating metrics

CCN 050315, BAKERSFIELD, CA · Medicare cost reports, FY2020–FY2025

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MetricFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total facility beds availableunverified222222222222222222
Total bed days availableunverified81,25281,03081,03081,03081,25281,030
Total facility dischargesunverified10,34311,65011,36911,51711,92311,004
Total facility inpatient daysunverified48,72855,22960,87457,67759,00463,912
Total patient revenue (gross charges)unverified$909,219,190$1,058,831,698$1,148,661,788$1,143,874,306$1,274,776,045$1,416,182,905
Contractual allowances and discountsunverified$457,788,832$810,776,180$874,912,112$870,654,192$986,607,858$1,108,962,741
Net patient revenueunverified$451,430,358$248,055,518$273,749,676$273,220,114$288,168,187$307,220,164
Total operating expensesunverified$428,897,474$455,718,687$478,789,042$508,086,210$550,129,094$594,109,235
Net income from service to patientsunverified$22,532,884$-207,663,169$-205,039,366$-234,866,096$-261,960,907$-286,889,071
Net incomeunverified$42,193,275$32,425,659$141,491,461$2,754,467$1,286,345$3,808,171
Cost of uncompensated careunverified$15,745,539$18,652,295$16,743,381$24,690,875$17,481,493$15,409,963
Total facility bad debt expenseunverified$33,967,400$31,954,212$44,955,032$52,746,183$42,611,971$38,972,409
Charity care charges and uninsured discountsunverified$9,713,409$22,355,117$7,427,853$17,433,235$8,112,254$7,525,478
Cost of charity careunverified$3,502,558$7,675,384$2,369,864$6,133,779$2,795,288$2,491,957
Charges for insured patients' liabilityunverified$121,923$1,504,799
Operating marginunverified5.0%-83.7%-74.9%-86.0%-90.9%-93.4%
Overall cost-to-charge ratiounverified47.2%43.0%41.7%44.4%43.2%42.0%
Occupancy rateunverified60.0%68.2%75.1%71.2%72.6%78.9%
Average length of stayunverified4.74.75.45.04.95.8
Uncompensated care as % of operating expenseunverified3.7%4.1%3.5%4.9%3.2%2.6%
Charity care cost-to-charge ratiounverified36.1%34.3%31.9%35.2%34.5%33.1%
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