Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Maughan David Paul 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 2024-09-15 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DAVITA INC. [DVA] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O DAVITA INC. , 2000 16TH STREET 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Operating Officer, DKC / 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) DENVER CO 80202 6. Individual or Join/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivate Security	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
Date Exercisable	Expriation Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Maughan David Paul C/O DAVITA INC. 2000 16TH STREET DENVER, CO80202			Chief Operating Officer, DKC

Signatures

/s/ Stephanie N. Berberich, Attorney-in-Fact	2024-09-24
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date

Explanation of Responses:

(*)	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
(**)	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes (i) 11,476 restricted stock units granted on March 15, 2021, which are scheduled to vest on March 15, 2025, (ii) 24,406 restricted stock united granted on March 15, 2022, which are scheduled to vest 50% each on March 15, 2025 and March 15, 2026, respectively, (iii) 34,290 restricted stock units granted on September 22, 2022, which are scheduled to vest 50% each on September 22, 2025 and September 22, 2026, respectively, (iv) 35,508 restricted stock units granted on March 15, 2023, which are scheduled to vest 50% each on March 15, 2026 and March 15, 2027, respectively and (v) 21,954 restricted stock units granted on March 15, 2024, which are scheduled to vest 50% each on March 15, 2027 and March 15, 2028, respectively. Each of the foregoing vestings is subject to continued service through each applicable vesting date.

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