Kahuku Medical CenterKahuku, HI
Kahuku Medical Center is a non-profit critical access hospital in Kahuku, Hawaii, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 19 min in its emergency department, 41 min shorter than the Hawaii average of 2 hr.
- Time ZonePST-2
- CountyHonolulu
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS15003
- Area Code808
Visiting Kahuku Medical Center
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 19 minutes in the emergency department at Kahuku Medical Center. That is 41 minutes shorter than the Hawaii average of 2 hours.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Kahuku Medical Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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What patients say
CMS patient survey (HCAHPS) · 40 completed surveys · patients discharged Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
66% would definitely recommend it (U.S. average 71%). 64% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
The patient survey (HCAHPS) asks a random sample of adult patients about their recent hospital stay. CMS adjusts the results for the mix of patients and how the survey was done, so hospitals can be compared fairly. CMS gives a star rating only to hospitals with at least 100 completed surveys, so this hospital has answer percentages but no stars. These results come from fewer than 100 completed surveys, so CMS advises using them with caution. About the data.
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
| Measure | This hospital | U.S.* |
|---|---|---|
| Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 403 patients. | 79 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 16 patients. | 79 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 23 patients. | 388 min | 287 min |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 285 patients. | 85% | 78% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 29 patients. | 21% | 90%* |
CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Doctors at Kahuku Medical Center
23 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 12 specialties.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Kahuku Medical Center lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (www.kmc-hi.org/cms-hpt.txt), checked Oct 24, 2026. For an estimate of what you'll pay, ask the hospital or your insurer; Medicare's averages are on our procedure cost pages.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Jun 2025
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Hawaii hospital finances.
Who owns Kahuku Medical Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Kahuku Medical Center, a non-profit organization, incorporated 2007.
43 doctors and other clinicians list Kahuku Medical Center as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
The area around Kahuku Medical Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Honolulu are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 14.
Mental health: Parts of Honolulu are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 14.
Dental: Parts of Honolulu are federally designated health professional shortage areas (2 designations). Highest shortage score 18.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Hawaii earn a median $136,320 a year. Healthcare salaries in Hawaii.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Hawaii shortage areas
Find doctors in Kahuku
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Kahuku, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.