38/100
#1,657 nationally
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
400 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 · (805) 682-7111
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital billed $5.13 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 204
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CA
- #73
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
578 | $120,225 | $22,273 | +84% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
366 | $21,664 | $3,577 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
315 | $122,253 | $31,129 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
264 | $31,300 | $4,286 | +24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
242 | $82,713 | $17,098 | +32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
231 | $84,708 | $14,163 | +95% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
203 | $44,550 | $7,538 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
203 | $32,757 | $5,312 | +58% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $18,300 | $4,197 | -4% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
185 | $103,235 | $18,015 | +88% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$195,814 | $33,834 | +164% |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay |
$218,911 | $27,632 | +154% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$82,925 | $10,686 | +149% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$77,175 | $13,166 | +115% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$84,913 | $11,073 | +105% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$97,467 | $13,549 | +101% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$73,226 | $12,158 | +97% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$84,708 | $14,163 | +95% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,444 | $2,095 | -37% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,189 | $7,236 | -30% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$50,607 | $16,403 | -24% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 326 · Inpatient stay |
$171,434 | $47,868 | -23% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,197 | $9,008 | -11% |
|
Dysequilibrium
MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay |
$35,645 | $8,024 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,091 | $25,585 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$135,635 | $43,176 | -9% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.