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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital?

400 West Pueblo · Santa Barbara, CA · 93105

Overview

Beds392
Discharges18,694cost report 2024
Occupancy64%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)2,806

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Santa Barbara, California, operated by Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Santa Barbara County has 6 hospitals, 14 nursing homes and 27 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is operated by Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, part of Cottage Health.

Operator
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Owner group
Cottage Health
Ownership type
Private Nonprofit
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Cottage Health

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.

Net patient revenue$929.5M
Operating expenses$943.7M
Net income$144.4M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue15.5%
Uncompensated care cost$7.3M
Charity care cost$6.2M
Medicaid net revenue$70.3M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage12.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 57.0%
  • Medicare 38.7%
  • Medicaid 4.3%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871578$22K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291231$14K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177185$18K
Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without MCC · 274133$33K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 872124$11K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011366
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures · 5213315
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191264
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115242
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361203

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
400 West Pueblo · Santa Barbara, CA · 93105
County
Santa Barbara County
State
California
Hospitals in the county6
Nursing homes14
Urgent care centers27

6 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital All Owners · CMS record · Other published source
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
050396
NPI
1477554152
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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