Lucile Packard Stanford Pediatric Dialysis
Medicare-certified dialysis center in Palo Alto, California, independently operated. Figures below are from CMS (July 2026 release); call (650) 724-1000 to confirm availability.
At a glance
| CMS quality rating | ★☆☆☆☆ 1 / 5 Quality of Patient Care star rating · Dialysis Facility dataset · what this means |
|---|---|
| Patient survey rating | Not surveyed, or too few completed surveys to report ICH CAHPS patient survey |
| Medicare payment (ESRD QIP) | 0.5% Medicare payment reduction (PY2026) — Total Performance Score 43 vs California 55 / national 54 ESRD QIP Total Performance Scores dataset |
| Treatment options | In-center hemodialysis · Peritoneal dialysis |
| Shift starting after 5 p.m. | No |
| Dialysis stations | 6 |
| Patients in CMS survival summary | 123 a size indicator, not a current patient count |
| Ownership | Independent (Non-profit) |
| Medicare-certified since | 1995-04-13 |
| CMS Certification Number | 052390 |
How this center compares
| Measure | This center | CA avg | US avg | CMS category or CA rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | ||||
| Deaths among patients treated here, risk-adjusted by CMS for age and health, per 100 patient-years. | ||||
| Death rateper 100 patient-years · Lower is better | 38.5123 patients | — | 22.2 | As Expected |
| Hospital & ED | ||||
| Hospital admissions among patients treated here, risk-adjusted by CMS, per 100 patient-years. Share of hospital discharges followed by an unplanned readmission within 30 days, risk-adjusted by CMS. Emergency department visits in the 30 days after a hospital discharge, compared with the number CMS expected; 1.0 means as expected. | ||||
| Hospital admissionsper 100 patient-years · Lower is better | 151.243 patients | — | 148 | As Expected |
| 30-day hospital readmissionLower is better | 27.2%30 hospital stays | — | 27.2% | As Expected |
| ED visits within 30 days of discharge (ratio)Lower is better | 0.0016 hospital stays | — | 1.04 | As Expected |
| Transplant & home dialysis | ||||
| Share of patients under 75 on the kidney transplant waitlist, risk-adjusted by CMS. New patients placed on the transplant waitlist within a year of starting dialysis, compared with the number CMS expected; 1.0 means as expected. Patients switching from in-center to home dialysis, compared with the number CMS expected; 1.0 means as expected. | ||||
| Patients on the transplant waitlistHigher is better | 30.3%41 patients | — | 16.5% | As Expected |
| Waitlisted in first year (ratio)Higher is better | 1.3647 patients | — | 1.00 | As Expected |
| Switches to home dialysis (ratio)Higher is better | 0.0046 patients | — | 1.00 | As Expected |
Values and averages are published by CMS (July 2026 release); "—" means CMS publishes no average for that measure. Where CMS assigns a risk-adjusted category ("Better than", "As" or "Worse than Expected"), that category is shown — we never rank those measures ourselves. For the other measures, "Better than X%" is computed by DialysisCompare: the share of California facilities with at least 25 patients in the measure that this center does better than; centers with fewer patients are not ranked. One measure never tells the whole story — how every figure is sourced and computed.
Questions to ask this center
Prompts for a conversation with the center or your kidney care team, generated only where CMS rates a measure "Worse than Expected", where this center is in the bottom quarter of California facilities on a measure with at least 25 patients, or where it carries a Medicare payment reduction. They are not medical advice and not a verdict on the center.
- CMS's ESRD Quality Incentive Program reduced this center's Medicare payments by 0.5% for payment year 2026 (Total Performance Score 43, vs 55 for California and 54 nationally). You could ask what the center is doing to improve its score.
Nearest alternatives
The 8 closest Medicare-certified dialysis facilities within 30 miles, in any town (straight-line distance).
| Facility | Miles | CMS rating | Patient survey | QIP payment cut | After 5 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satellite Healthcare Menlo ParkMenlo Park, CA | 3.2 | ★★★★★ | Not rated | None | No |
| Davita Redwood City DialysisRedwood City, CA | 4.4 | ★★★★☆ | Not rated | 0.5% | Yes |
| SHC San CarlosSan Carlos, CA | 5.9 | ★★★★★ | ★★★☆☆ | None | Yes |
| SHC Mountain ViewMountain View, CA | 6.5 | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | None | No |
| SHC Wb Mountain ViewMountain View, CA | 6.5 | Not rated | Not rated | None | No |
| SHC North SunnyvaleSunnyvale, CA | 8.3 | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 0.5% | No |
| SHC San MateoSan Mateo, CA | 10.7 | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | None | No |
| SHC Wb San MateoSan Mateo, CA | 10.7 | ★★★★★ | Not rated | None | No |
Location & contact
725 Welch Road Pediatric Dialysis Rm 1229
Palo Alto, CA 94304 · Santa Clara County
(650) 724-1000 (click to call)
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