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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Palmdale Regional Medical Center?

38600 Medical Center Drive · Palmdale, CA · 93552

Overview

Beds184
Discharges9,594cost report 2024
Occupancy66%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)890

Palmdale Regional Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Palmdale, California, operated by Lancaster Hospital Corporation. Los Angeles County has 93 hospitals, 352 nursing homes and 488 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Palmdale Regional Medical Center is operated by Lancaster Hospital Corporation, part of Universal Health Services.

Operator
Lancaster Hospital Corporation
Owner group
Universal Health Services
Ownership type
Private For Profit
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Palmdale Regional Medical Center, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Universal Health Services

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 2024.

Net patient revenue$274.7M
Operating expenses$287.6M
Net income−$11.5M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue-4.2%
Uncompensated care cost$4.5M
Charity care cost$2.7M
Medicaid net revenue$49.6M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage31.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 73.2%
  • Medicare 22.1%
  • Medicaid 4.7%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871195$20K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 29172$13K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 19366$14K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 17753$17K
Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with MCC · 64043$13K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 507263
Comprehensive Observation Services · 801160
Level 3 Vascular Procedures · 518349
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 519129
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 530226

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

Location and market

Address
38600 Medical Center Drive · Palmdale, CA · 93552
County
Los Angeles County
State
California
Hospitals in the county93
Nursing homes352
Urgent care centers488

Nearby hospitals

NameCityDistance
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster7.3 mi
Va HospKagel Canyon23.7 mi
Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar24.9 mi
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills27.7 mi
Pacifica Hospital Of The ValleySun Valley27.7 mi
Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale28.7 mi

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments · CMS Hospital All Owners · SEC 10-K, Exhibit 21 · SEC filing
  • 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
050204
NPI
1508856535
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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