US Health Care Costs

Ventura County Medical Center

300 Hillmont Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003 · (805) 652-6075

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.8Mnet income, all sources
−14.1%margin on patient care alone
$5.7Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$60.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
272beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871153$124,027$22,689
Psychoses 88589$141,646$19,888
Sepsis 87251$87,035$12,667
Heart failure, with major complications 29133$84,569$15,022
Hip or knee replacement 47033$93,453$22,004
COPD, with major complications 19031$71,721$13,497
Urinary tract infection 69030$85,735$10,829
Pneumonia, with major complications 19328$89,267$15,807
Back problems (no surgery) 55227$93,968$12,358
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89726$96,815$13,231
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48125$151,796$23,854
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68925$102,297$14,809
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85324$256,078$54,997
Fainting 31221$172,228$24,373
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64121$57,630$10,411
Stomach and digestive disorders 39219$50,374$10,358
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60319$80,094$11,662
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$124,755$20,278
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06516$87,736$12,614
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56316$111,662$11,712
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64016$118,502$15,732
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy with Mcc 89616$97,583$21,109
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Cc 08615$140,604$15,958
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37715$129,132$21,343
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$125,661$22,421
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$86,308$19,158
Major Chest Trauma with Cc 18414$98,132$13,404
Respiratory failure 18914$71,136$14,869
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37814$73,172$12,577
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 94814$60,604$10,168
Stroke, with major complications 06413$160,498$23,422
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Cc 08311$157,622$17,568
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Cc 44511$71,482$13,677
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69911$65,089$12,232

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