CCN 050110SANTA BARBARA CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)54 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read
A hospital in Lompoc, CA. It ran an operating surplus of 1.7% in FY25 on $171.4M of operating revenue. It held 35 days of cash on hand (54th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 2.8% in FY21 to 1.7% in FY25, though it rose 2.5 points in the most recent year.
Operating margin · FY25
+1.7%
▲ 2.5 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals51st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
35d
all sources
▼ 21.2 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals54th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$171.4M
▲ 13.9 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals34th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+7.7%
▲ 3.4 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals56th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at LOMPOC VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER is about $1.7M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where LOMPOC VALLEY MEDICAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 1,475 of 2,681 filed
Each point is one Urban PPS hospital in the national distribution for this provider type, placed by operating margin. Facilities are not matched on size, case mix, or market — that is the matched-peer comparison in the paid benchmark. The Urban PPS hospital median is +1.3%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One urban pps hospitalLOMPOC VALLEYUrban PPS hospital median
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gated
Ratios tell you how this hospital is doing. Statements tell you what kind of organization it is, and where the money comes from. Every figure below traces to a public cost-report filing, shown as filed. A ratio renders only when every input is reported in the filing; a year missing its core lines is not shown; a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled. Not audited by Astrelis.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
140,489
154,250
169,980
Other operating revenue
2,672
3,300
1,446
Total operating revenue
143,160
157,549
171,426
Total operating expenses
149,164
158,822
168,570
Operating income
(6,003)
(1,272)
2,856
Operating margin %
-4.2%
-0.8%
+1.7%
Grants & contributions
5,850
6,066
6,234
Investment income
691
879
1,079
Other non-operating, net
879
1,466
3,949
Net income
1,417
7,139
14,118
Net income %
+0.9%
+4.3%
+7.7%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 54-bed hospital at 36% occupancy 70% of patient revenue is outpatient.
The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by evidence class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim.
Scale and flow
Occupancy
35.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
19.33
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
54
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
2,059
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.4d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
70.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
852.60
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
18.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
1.162
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.9%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.013761
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
SANTA BARBARA County, CA
Median household income
$96.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
13.8%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
9.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
16.2%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
22.4%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 5.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 13.7% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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