Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Bakersfield Memorial Hospital?
420 34th St · Bakersfield, CA · 93301
Overview
Beds385
Discharges16,204cost report 2024
Occupancy55%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,700
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Bakersfield, California, operated by Dignity Health. Kern County has 11 hospitals, 17 nursing homes and 43 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is operated by Dignity Health.
- Operator
- Dignity Health
- Owner group
- Dignity Health
- Managed by
- CommonSpirit Health · CMS ownership filing
- Ownership type
- Private Nonprofit
- Sources
- CMS Hospital All Owners · 2026-09-29
- CMS record · 2024
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of Dignity Health
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.
| Net patient revenue | $694.1M |
| Operating expenses | $633.2M |
| Net income | $131.9M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 19.0% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $16.7M |
| Charity care cost | $15.0M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $141.2M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 37.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 65.6%
- Medicare 21.3%
- Medicaid 13.1%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 426 | $20K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 121 | $13K |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 872 | 100 | $11K |
| Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC · 280 | 83 | $16K |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with MCC · 853 | 79 | $47K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 572 |
| Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191 | 289 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115 | 229 |
| Level 3 Endovascular Procedures · 5193 | 97 |
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 87 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 420 34th St · Bakersfield, CA · 93301
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
Hospitals in the county11
Nursing homes17
Urgent care centers43
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield | Bakersfield | 0.9 mi |
| Mercy Hospital | Bakersfield | 1.7 mi |
| Kern Medical Center | Bakersfield | 2.3 mi |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | Bakersfield | 2.4 mi |
| Encompass Health Rehabilitaton Hospital Of Bakers | Bakersfield | 3.2 mi |
| Central California Rehabilitation Hospital | Bakersfield | 4.8 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS Hospital All Owners · CMS record
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
- Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
- Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
- Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
- CMS certification number
- 050036
- NPI
- 1467538520
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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