SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 [X]ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year endedDecember31, 2025 OR [_]TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ___________ to _____________ Commission file number 1-14106 Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: DaVita Retirement Savings Plan B.Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the Plan and the address of its principal executive office: DaVita Inc.2000 16th StreetDenver, Colorado 80202 Table of Contents Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmFinancial Statements:Statements of Net Assets Available for BenefitsStatement of Changes in Net Assets Available for BenefitsNotes to Financial StatementsSupplemental Schedule:Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)Exhibit IndexSignature Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Plan Administrator and Participants ofDaVita Retirement Savings Plan Opinion on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the DaVita Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) asof December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31,2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements presentfairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the changes innet assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted inthe United States of America. Basis for Opinion These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’sfinancial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting OversightBoard (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federalsecurities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the auditto obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part ofour audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressingan opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due toerror or fraud, and performing procedures to respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidenceregarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles usedand significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believethat our audits providea reasonable basis for our opinion. Opinion on the Supplementary Information The supplementary information included in Schedule H, line 4(i) – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)as of December 31, 2025has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplementaryinformation is the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplementaryinformation reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performingprocedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplementary information. In forming ouropinion on the supplementary information in the accompanying schedule, we evaluated whether the supplementary information,including its form and content, is presented in conformity with Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting andDisclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplementary information in theaccompanying schedule is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole. /s/ Baker Tilly US, LLP Everett, WashingtonJune 17, 2026 We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2022. Statements of Net Assets Available for BenefitsDecember31, 2025 and 2024