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Good Samaritan Hospital

Good Samaritan Hospital in Bakersfield, CA. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

Not rated
CMS overall rating
1 of 378
CMS hospitals in CA
Acute Care Hospitals
Facility type
Not indexed
Price transparency MRF

901 OLIVE DRIVE, Bakersfield, CA 93308

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Hospital Quality Scorecard

One composite verdict from 3 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.

B+
75/100
CMS Star Rating
N/A
N/A

Not rated by CMS

Mortality Outcomes
B+
0 better / 0 worse

CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (2 measures reported)

Patient Safety
C-
0 better / 0 worse

CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (2 measures reported)

Readmission Rates
A+
1 better / 0 worse

CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (3 measures reported)

Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.

CMS hospital plate

Facility 050257 · CA unrated

STAR-UNRATED · RANK-UNK · SOLO-SHEET · MRF-PENDING · FP-OWN · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-OFF · QUAL-PAR

  • STAR-UNRATED No CMS star
  • RANK-UNK Rank unknown
  • SOLO-SHEET No peer gap
  • MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
  • FP-OWN Proprietary
  • TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care Hospitals
  • ER-OFF No ER line
  • QUAL-PAR 6 same-as-avg

Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.

CMS reporting cohort

CMS has not published an overall star rating for Good Samaritan Hospital. Within CA, it is 1 of 378 CMS-reporting hospitals -- 96 of them are proprietary facilities like this one, and 277 are acute care hospitals.

378
CMS-reporting hospitals in CA
96
Proprietary facilities in CA
277
Acute Care Hospitals facilities in CA

No overall CMS star rating means the facility is typically new to reporting, specialty-focused, or below the case-volume reporting threshold. Cohort counts are drawn from the same CMS Care Compare hospital dataset.

Good Samaritan Hospital tracks near national average on CMS measure cells

Most published measure cells sit at national average (6 same-as-avg · 1 above · 0 below). This is a PAR sheet, not a star-rating substitute.

1
Above avg cells
6
Same-as-avg cells
0
Below avg cells
Mortality
2 same as avg
Patient Safety
2 same as avg
Readmission
1 above avg, 2 same as avg

Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.

Price transparency data not indexed yet

Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.

Contact

(661) 215-7500

901 OLIVE DRIVE, Bakersfield, CA 93308

What to do with this hospital profile

Good Samaritan Hospital tracks near national average on CMS measure cells. Compare CA facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.

  • Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for CA. CA profile
  • Browse all 378 CMS-reporting hospitals in CA. Hospitals list
  • How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
  • How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology

CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.

Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles

Care Compare-derived peer sets for Good Samaritan Hospital, all outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).

Similar Acute Care Hospitals peers

Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside CA.

Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape

Nearest hospitals outside CA by CMS above/same/below cell totals (1/6/0 here · QUAL-PAR). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Good Samaritan Hospital have a published CMS overall star rating?

CMS has not published an overall star rating for Good Samaritan Hospital. It is 1 of 378 CMS-reporting hospitals in CA, including 277 other acute care hospitals facilities.

What type of hospital is Good Samaritan Hospital?

Good Samaritan Hospital is an acute care hospitals, proprietary ownership, located in Bakersfield, CA.

Does Good Samaritan Hospital publish machine-readable price data?

Good Samaritan Hospital does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.