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Dialysis Patient Care Cost per Treatment

measures patient-care operating costs allocated per dialysis treatment under the issuer's U.S. dialysis reporting framework.

By Lee BaileyPublished Sep 25, 2026
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17 connected conceptsPart of the reviewed Dialysis Provider Economics; issuer definitions remain distinct where disclosed.
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Dialysis Patient Care Cost per Treatment measures patient-care operating costs allocated to each U.S. dialysis treatment.

DaVita reported $273.34 per treatment in 2025.

Direct patient-care cost was about 66.7% of patient-service revenue per treatment

Average patient-service revenue per treatment was $409.56.

Dividing $273.34 by $409.56 gives approximately 66.7%, leaving a $136.22 direct-care spread before other operating expenses.

Annual treatment volume implies about $7.85 billion of patient-care cost

Multiplying $273.34 by 28,733,980 treatments gives approximately $7.85 billion.

That is a scale reconstruction from unit cost and volume, not a substitute for the filing's full expense presentation.

Use Dialysis Average Patient Service Revenue per Treatment for the matching revenue metric.

Patient-care cost is not total segment cost

Corporate support, occupancy, depreciation, general and administrative expenses, and other items sit outside this per-treatment direct-care measure.

Primary source: DaVita 2025 Form 10-K.

Part of the Dialysis Provider Economics

Connect treatment activity, reimbursement per treatment, patient-care cost, modality and payor mix, collections, network footprint, market share, and segment profitability across a dialysis provider.

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