Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Watsonville Community Hospital?
75 Nielson Street · Watsonville, CA · 95076
Overview
Beds106
Discharges3,242cost report 2024
Occupancy34%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)480
Watsonville Community Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Watsonville, California, operated by Pajaro Valley Health Care District Hospital Corporation. Santa Cruz County has 4 hospitals, 7 nursing homes and 9 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Watsonville Community Hospital is operated by Pajaro Valley Health Care District Hospital Corporation.
- Operator
- Pajaro Valley Health Care District Hospital Corporation
- Ownership type
- Private For Profit
- Source
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Watsonville Community Hospital, with the source for each.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.
| Net patient revenue | $151.0M |
| Operating expenses | $157.0M |
| Net income | $2.8M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 1.8% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $3.2M |
| Charity care cost | $2.0M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $25.6M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 40.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 62.8%
- Medicare 29.2%
- Medicaid 8.0%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 184 | $21K |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 872 | 54 | $12K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 42 | $15K |
| Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure · 189 | 21 | $17K |
| Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177 | 21 | $20K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 161 |
| Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361 | 26 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072 | 24 |
| Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5113 | 16 |
| Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures · 5341 | 15 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 75 Nielson Street · Watsonville, CA · 95076
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- California
Hospitals in the county4
Nursing homes7
Urgent care centers9
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center Of Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | 11.0 mi |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | 11.3 mi |
| Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility | Santa Cruz | 11.7 mi |
| Natividad Medical Center | Salinas | 18.4 mi |
| Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital | Salinas | 20.2 mi |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose | San Jose | 21.5 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: Trade press
- 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
- 050194
- NPI
- 1619607488
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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