Critical access hospital · Solvang, California · 11 beds · CMS certification number 051331
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 29, 2026. Seventeen years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $10.2M in its first year on file (2009) to $35.5M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $1.5M (2023), $219K (2024), $4.7M (2025).
- 4 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 1.5% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 58.7%.
- COTTAGE HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
Seventeen years of filings
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Beside its peers
Critical access hospitals in California with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital | 11 | $35,481,052 | $30,817,174 | 13.1% |
| Eastern Plumas Health Care, Portola | 9 | $44,083,538 | $42,648,272 | 3.3% |
| George L. Mee Memorial Hospital, King City | 13 | $77,584,924 | $73,252,909 | 5.6% |
| Plumas District Hospital, Quincy | 14 | $45,242,149 | $45,683,943 | −1.0% |
| Seneca Hospital, Chester | 10 | $26,886,069 | $23,213,211 | 13.7% |
| Mammoth Hospital, Mammoth Lakes | 15 | $112,050,282 | $107,367,326 | 4.2% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 178S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 477S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 1.3days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 11.9%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 58.7%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 1.5%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- COTTAGE HEALTH100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: COTTAGE HEALTH (100%), home office.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital (CA), Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (CA).
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Inc (employer identification number 952224265) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $3,053,532 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $957,322 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $1,054,678 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $2,012,000 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $1,041,532 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.1178 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 051331. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.
How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 29, 2026.