MERCY HOSPITAL - BAKERSFIELD, CA

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Address

2215 TRUXTUN AVENUE
BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93301

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (661) 632-5000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,711
California:	$47,272

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,772
State:	$7,271

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.80%
California:	0.41%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,388
State:	$35,518

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,870
California:	$5,397

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.13%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,299
California:	$28,713

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,904
State:	$4,819

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.98%
California:	1.18%

Cellulitis with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$46,385
California:	$67,232

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,500
State:	$12,858

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.28%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$29,721
State:	$36,707

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,860
State:	$7,245

Number of discharges: 37

Here:	2.27%
State:	2.08%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$38,752
State:	$46,809

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,879
State:	$8,290

Number of discharges: 32

This Hospital:	1.97%
State:	1.75%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$44,332
California:	$58,013

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,137
California:	$10,305

Number of discharges: 49

Here:	3.01%
California:	2.00%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$28,174
State:	$35,163

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,443
State:	$6,206

Number of discharges: 30

This Hospital:	1.84%
State:	1.11%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,360
California:	$38,964

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,694
State:	$7,470

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.86%
State:	0.69%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$29,358
State:	$36,899

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,947
California:	$6,233

Number of discharges: 39

Here:	2.40%
California:	3.09%

Extracranial Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$48,852
State:	$54,275

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,049
California:	$8,252

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.68%
State:	0.36%

Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$38,701
State:	$33,350

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,767
California:	$5,631

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.92%
California:	0.31%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$51,431
State:	$46,039

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,623
State:	$8,685

Number of discharges: 25

Here:	1.54%
California:	1.95%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$65,083
State:	$80,936

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,001
State:	$15,696

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	1.11%
California:	0.79%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,982
State:	$31,715

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,825
California:	$5,899

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.92%
State:	0.44%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$29,681
California:	$44,086

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,116
California:	$8,042

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	1.29%
State:	0.72%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$27,023
State:	$30,586

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,368
State:	$5,436

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	0.74%
State:	0.47%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$46,782
California:	$47,292

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,217
State:	$8,831

Number of discharges: 35

Here:	2.15%
State:	2.91%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$51,546
California:	$70,963

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,162
State:	$13,159

Number of discharges: 41

This Hospital:	2.52%
California:	3.03%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$70,852
State:	$88,197

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,120
California:	$15,201

Number of discharges: 33

This Hospital:	2.03%
California:	1.05%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$121,847
State:	$139,101

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$21,285
State:	$25,918

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.25%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$61,921
California:	$68,603

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,150
State:	$12,359

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	1.23%
California:	0.32%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$193,122
California:	$260,329

Average Total Payments

Here:	$38,170
California:	$51,393

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	1.23%
State:	0.87%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$39,946
State:	$55,669

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,942
California:	$9,837

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	1.29%
State:	1.65%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$86,176
California:	$95,326

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,890
California:	$17,327

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.98%
State:	1.11%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$40,067
California:	$42,438

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,623
State:	$6,978

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	1.11%
State:	0.78%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$55,897
State:	$52,262

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,135
State:	$10,172

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	1.29%
State:	0.99%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,726
California:	$36,114

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,322
State:	$6,728

Number of discharges: 49

Here:	3.01%
State:	2.98%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$86,813
California:	$88,239

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,266
State:	$17,187

Number of discharges: 129

This Hospital:	7.93%
State:	6.26%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$83,117
State:	$124,615

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$19,407
California:	$22,968

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	1.11%
State:	0.69%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$211,463
State:	$258,767

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$41,313
State:	$49,384

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.86%
California:	0.51%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$31,847
California:	$42,156

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,287
State:	$6,908

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.68%
California:	0.92%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$52,907
California:	$49,218

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,240
State:	$10,092

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	1.41%
State:	0.94%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$33,252
State:	$32,446

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,745
State:	$5,975

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	1.72%
State:	2.21%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$65,241
California:	$89,034

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,262
California:	$17,349

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.86%
State:	0.83%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$36,471
California:	$49,604

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,854
State:	$8,812

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.92%
State:	0.66%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$90,516
State:	$141,530

Average Total Payments

Here:	$20,409
California:	$28,554

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.56%

Other Vascular Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$87,265
State:	$82,284

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,067
State:	$13,731

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.30%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$34,639
State:	$46,464

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,609
California:	$8,334

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.98%
California:	0.45%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$53,791
State:	$68,498

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,857
California:	$12,969

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	1.23%
California:	0.29%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$42,153
State:	$54,654

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,602
State:	$11,520

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.86%
State:	0.36%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,473
California:	$35,878

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,459
State:	$7,039

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	1.11%
State:	1.21%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$41,424
California:	$48,439

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,059
State:	$8,967

Number of discharges: 41

Here:	2.52%
California:	1.90%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$56,726
California:	$72,128

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,830
California:	$14,548

Number of discharges: 47

Here:	2.89%
California:	1.48%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$58,925
State:	$70,949

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,204
State:	$12,543

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.92%
California:	1.04%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$65,105
California:	$101,885

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,134
State:	$17,925

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.80%
California:	1.30%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$206,064
California:	$262,024

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$35,842
California:	$48,700

Number of discharges: 26

Here:	1.60%
California:	0.44%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$91,949
State:	$120,888

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,391
State:	$21,006

Number of discharges: 46

Here:	2.83%
California:	0.92%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$38,630
State:	$38,752

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,829
State:	$6,932

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.98%
State:	0.59%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$230,635
State:	$277,564

Average Total Payments

Here:	$42,267
California:	$53,075

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.64%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$88,127
State:	$90,173

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,823
State:	$16,748

Number of discharges: 148

This Hospital:	9.10%
California:	7.21%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$47,121
California:	$50,385

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,798
State:	$9,612

Number of discharges: 37

This Hospital:	2.27%
State:	2.35%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$31,167
State:	$35,628

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,710
State:	$6,112

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.80%
State:	0.53%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$44,367
State:	$48,755

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,049
State:	$8,695

Number of discharges: 76

Here:	4.67%
California:	2.75%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$59,053
California:	$70,362

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,988
California:	$12,496

Number of discharges: 60

Here:	3.69%
State:	1.89%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,290
State:	$34,477

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,377
State:	$5,838

Number of discharges: 31

Here:	1.91%
State:	0.97%

Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$195,313
State:	$154,326

Average Total Payments

Here:	$30,360
California:	$32,547

Number of discharges: 23

This Hospital:	1.41%
State:	0.83%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$34,293
California:	$37,038

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,366
State:	$6,233

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	1.04%
State:	1.60%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$39,115
State:	$37,396

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,017
State:	$6,120

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.68%
California:	0.94%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 60.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 230.10
Other Salaried Personnel : 856.80
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 2.30
Physical Therapists : 7.43
Registered Pharmacists : 6.50
Respiratory Therapists : 26.66
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.20

Number Of Beds

Total: 211
Total Certified: 211

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 22%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
California:	7%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
State:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	72%
California:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
California:	13%

Usually

Here:	30%
California:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
State:	59%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	25%
California:	25%

Always

Here:	65%
California:	67%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	25%
California:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
California:	19%

Always

Here:	56%
State:	58%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
California:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	21%

Always

Here:	63%
State:	69%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

Here:	22%
State:	18%

Usually

This Hospital:	31%
California:	33%

Always

This Hospital:	47%
California:	49%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

Here:	80%
California:	81%

This Hospital:	20%
State:	19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

This Hospital:	12%
State:	10%

7 or 8

Here:	24%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	64%
California:	66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	8%
California:	7%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	26%
California:	24%

Yes, definitely

Here:	66%
State:	69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
California:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	92.0%
California:	98.5%

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

This Hospital:	24
California:	9

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

This Hospital:	70
California:	78

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.2%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

Here:	92.0%
State:	97.5%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	91.0%
State:	96.2%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	100.0%
State:	93.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.4%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	96.1%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

This Hospital:	97.0%
California:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.1%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	95.0%
California:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	97.0%
California:	94.3%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	96.0%
California:	95.8%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	98.1%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

Here:	99.0%
California:	96.3%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.2%

Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.0%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

Here:	99.0%
California:	96.9%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.8%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery

This Hospital:	95.0%
California:	93.9%

Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them

This Hospital:	98.0%
California:	96.1%

Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)

This Hospital:	98.0%
California:	95.1%

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)

Here:	98.0%
California:	95.5%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

Here:	99.0%
State:	99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.9%
State:	14.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	14.0%
State:	10.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.5%
State:	11.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	26.3%
California:	24.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.7%
California:	18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

This Hospital:	0.555%
State:	0.625%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

This Hospital:	0.740%
State:	0.530%

Severe pressure sores (bed sores)

Here:	0.555%
State:	0.321%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.

This Hospital:	6.300%
California:	8.180%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.022%
State:	0.170%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

This Hospital:	0.031%
State:	0.043%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

This Hospital:	2.600%
California:	1.898%

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