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Psychiatric hospital · Santa Barbara, California · 16 beds · CMS certification number 054125

Santa Barbara Psychiatric Health & Santa Barbara County Dept of Behavi

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 5, 2025. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$5.0M
$4,996,075 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$13.0M
$13,043,296 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$8.0M
−$8,047,221 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−161.1%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue fell from $9.6M in its first year on file (1997) to $5.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$4.9M (2023), −$7.6M (2024), −$8.0M (2025).
  • 3 of the 5 psychiatric hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 11.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 0.6%.
  • SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AUDITOR holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

29 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$9.6M
$26.2M
1998
settled
$9.6M
$28.6M
1999
reopened
$13.1M
$30.9M
2000
reopened
$14.5M
$35.3M
2001
settled
$8.2M
$46.4M
2002
settled
$25.5M
$51.0M
2003
settled
not filed
$50.1M
2004
settled
$53.3M
$53.7M
2005
settled
$57.8M
$56.8M
2006
settled
$62.1M
$63.5M
2007
settled
$66.6M
$67.5M
2008
settled
$71.4M
$69.7M
2009
settled
$52.1M
$50.4M
2010
settled
$45.9M
$48.1M
2011
settled
$47.4M
$44.1M
2012
settled
$22.1M
$48.6M
2013
settled
$35K
$44.4M
2014
settled
$27K
$51.0M
2015
settled
$28K
$40.8M
2016
settled
$18K
$36.9M
2017
settled
$396K
$9.5M
2018
settled
$5.3M
$8.0M
2019
settled
$5.3M
$8.2M
2020
settled
$682K
$8.9M
2021
settled
$619K
$9.6M
2022
settled
$6.1M
$10.1M
2023
settled
$6.1M
$11.0M
2024
as submitted
$5.0M
$12.6M
2025
as submitted
$5.0M
$13.0M

Beside its peers

Psychiatric hospitals in California with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Santa Barbara Psychiatric Health & Santa Barbara County Dept of Behavi16$4,996,075$13,043,296−161.1%
Humboldt County Mental Health - Sempervirens, Eureka16$11,835,355$77,466,604−554.5%
Jewish Home & Rehab Center, San Francisco13$95,769,230$137,709,166−43.8%
Joyce Eisenberg Keefer Medical Center, Reseda10$54,898,900$46,935,13514.5%
Motion Picture & Television Hospital, Woodland Hills12$37,207,253$82,122,290−120.7%
Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility, Santa Cruz16$10,262,633$10,011,6332.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
332
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
5,059
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
13.9
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
86.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
0.6%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
11.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AUDITOR100%

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, county.

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 054125. 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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read December 5, 2025.