Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
351 S Patterson Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93111 · (805) 967-3411
The money
$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$40.5Mnet income, all sources
18.4%margin on patient care alone
$1.1Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$736,668unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
24beds
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip or knee replacement 470 | 105 | $97,559 | $18,419 | |
| Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Cc 467 | 34 | $158,568 | $28,371 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 29 | $41,595 | $9,182 | |
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 27 | $56,977 | $15,208 | |
| Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522 | 16 | $102,966 | $19,264 | |
| Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 483 | 15 | $111,579 | $23,710 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 14 | $67,039 | $12,165 | |
| Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481 | 14 | $97,230 | $18,602 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 13 | $38,353 | $11,245 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 13 | $38,374 | $7,659 |
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