Santa Clarita Kidney Center
✓ In-center✓ Evening shift
94/ 100
Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC
Dialysis center · 23421 Lyons Avenue, Valencia, CA 91355
CMS star rating · Patient survey: 4★
85/ 100
Excellent
Better than 85% of US centers
At a glance
- Operator
- Independent · For-profit
- Dialysis options
- ✓ In-center hemodialysis✓ Peritoneal dialysis (PD)✓ Home hemodialysis training
- Evening shift
- Yes, a shift starts after 5 pm
- Stations
- 24 dialysis chairs
- Medicare-certified
- Since 2017-10-16 · CCN 552819
- Rank in Valencia, CA
- #2 of 2 dialysis centers
- Rank in California
- #151 of 715 scored centers
- County
- Los Angeles
- ESRD Network
- Network 18 (for grievances and help changing centers)
Patient outcomes and quality of care
CMS quality measures: better than the national average on 9 of 15 reported measures, worse on 5.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient deaths (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 19.3 | 21.3 | 22.2 | Better |
| Hospital admissions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 128.1 | 135.6 | 148 | Better |
| Readmitted within 30 days of a hospital stay (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 24.7% | 27.7% | 27.2% | Better |
| Blood transfusions (risk-adjusted rate) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 18.2 | 25.9 | 32.5 | Better |
| Bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: Better than Expected | 0 | 0.35 | 1 | Better |
| Emergency room visits (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: As Expected | 1.07 | 1.01 | 0.99 | Worse |
| ER visits within 30 days of a hospital stay (ratio to expected) (lower is better) CMS: Worse than Expected | 2.04 | 1.06 | 1.04 | Worse |
| Patients dialyzing through an AV fistula CMS: As Expected | 54.4% | 62.8% | 57.1% | Worse |
| Patients with a long-term catheter (90+ days) (lower is better) | 34% | 17.9% | 19% | Worse |
| Hemodialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.2) | 99% | 95.1% | 97% | Better |
| Peritoneal dialysis patients getting adequate dialysis (Kt/V ≥ 1.7) | 96% | 87.5% | 92% | Better |
| Patients with high blood calcium (over 10.2 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 0% | 3.2% | 1% | About the same |
| Patients with very high phosphorus (over 7.0 mg/dL) (lower is better) | 10% | 15.9% | 18% | Better |
| New patients put on the transplant waitlist (ratio to expected) CMS: As Expected | 0.86 | 0.9 | 1 | Worse |
| Patients on the kidney transplant waitlist CMS: As Expected | 28.8% | 24.4% | 16.5% | Better |
Rates for deaths, hospital admissions and transfusions are risk-adjusted per 100 patient-years; ratios compare the center to what CMS expects for its patients (1.00 = as expected). State figures are the average of centers in the state. 'CMS:' notes show CMS's own verdict after accounting for statistical uncertainty.
What patients say (ICH-CAHPS survey)
In-center hemodialysis patient survey (0–100 scores): better than the national average on 2 of 6 reported measures, worse on 0.
| Measure | This center | State | National | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney doctors' communication and caring | 90 | 81 | 81 | Better |
| Quality of dialysis center care and operations | 85 | 82 | 81 | About the same |
| Providing information to patients | 76 | 80 | 80 | About the same |
| Rating of the kidney doctor | 92 | 85 | 84 | Better |
| Rating of the dialysis center staff | 91 | 88 | 87 | About the same |
| Rating of the dialysis center | 91 | 89 | 88 | About the same |
Based on 39 completed interviews (20% response rate). CMS publishes survey results only for centers with at least 30 completed interviews.
Location
Approximate location (ZIP code center). Open in Google Maps
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Frequently asked questions
Is Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC Medicare-certified?
Yes. Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC (CMS Certification Number 552819) has been Medicare-certified since 2017-10-16, which means it meets federal ESRD Conditions for Coverage and Medicare pays for covered dialysis there.
What dialysis options does Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC offer?
Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC reports offering in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (pd), home hemodialysis training with 24 dialysis stations. It runs a shift that starts after 5 pm.
How does Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC compare to other dialysis centers?
Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC scores 85/100 on Dialysis Scorecard (excellent), better than 85% of US dialysis centers, and ranks #151 of 715 scored centers in California. CMS gives it 3 out of 5 stars.
Who owns Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC?
Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC is independently owned, not part of a dialysis chain and is a for-profit facility.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Dialysis Facility Compare and ICH-CAHPS (2026-09-29). Dialysis Scorecard is not affiliated with Santa Clarita Dialysis, LLC. Data may lag real-world changes; verify with the center. Is this your center? Report a correction.