Markets / California / Kern County / Mercy Hospital

Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Mercy Hospital?

2215 Truxtun Avenue · Bakersfield, CA · 93301

Overview

Beds229
Discharges11,654cost report 2025
Occupancy57%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,171

Mercy Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Bakersfield, California, operated by CommonSpirit Health. Kern County has 11 hospitals, 17 nursing homes and 43 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Mercy Hospital is operated by CommonSpirit Health.

Operator
CommonSpirit Health
Owner group
CommonSpirit Health
Ownership type
Other
Source

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Mercy Hospital, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of CommonSpirit Health

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.

Net patient revenue$416.9M
Operating expenses$404.2M
Net income$78.0M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue18.7%
Uncompensated care cost$18.3M
Charity care cost$15.8M
Medicaid net revenue$87.7M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage32.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 69.3%
  • Medicare 25.4%
  • Medicaid 5.3%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871337$20K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193121$14K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 29178$13K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 17769$17K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 87266$11K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011510
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361123
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115106
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 530294
Level 4 Urology and Related Services · 537455

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
2215 Truxtun Avenue · Bakersfield, CA · 93301
County
Kern County
State
California
Hospitals in the county11
Nursing homes17
Urgent care centers43

3 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital All Owners
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
  • 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
050295
NPI
1104981661
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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