Adventist Health Sierra Vista

1010 Murray St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 · (850) 546-7600

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$18.3Mnet income, all sources

−10.4%margin on patient care alone

$2.6Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)

$5.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

162beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	122	$213,178	$18,780
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	39	$155,896	$12,816
Heart failure, with major complications 291	29	$151,364	$12,624
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 025	28	$417,727	$42,764
Stroke, with major complications 064	21	$271,496	$20,273
Lung infection, with major complications 177	20	$151,027	$15,589
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	19	$149,035	$10,119
Respiratory failure 189	19	$120,926	$12,164
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc 472	19	$236,812	$28,787
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	19	$198,616	$19,926
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	19	$190,256	$12,724
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 454	18	$521,970	$62,488
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	18	$208,023	$20,580
Urinary tract infection 690	16	$102,107	$7,624
Sepsis 872	16	$117,365	$10,043
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	15	$511,176	$51,534
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	13	$124,145	$9,776
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 563	13	$104,774	$8,925
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	12	$148,843	$12,603
Kidney failure, with complications 683	12	$116,072	$8,902
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	11	$89,848	$7,864
Back problems (no surgery) 552	11	$102,331	$9,316
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	11	$196,410	$15,210

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