1250 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90404 · (310) 319-4000
Beds
281
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$969.8M
FY 2025
Net income
$109.3M
Patient care margin 8.5%
Discharges
13,792
Occupancy 83.2%
Clinicians
1,708
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $969.8M | $887.3M | 8.5% | $109.3M | 13,792 | $8.3M | 33.1% | 5.3% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 6.8% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.4% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 7.1% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 2.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 9.4% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.7% | US median 11.6% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $866.7M | $830.2M | 4.2% | $64.7M | 14,798 | $7.3M | 30.7% | 6.7% |
| 2023 | $835.9M | $812.3M | 2.8% | $47.6M | 14,348 | $8.1M | 32.0% | 6.7% |
| 2022 | $778.1M | $725.5M | 6.8% | $74.4M | 14,429 | $6.7M | 33.0% | 7.2% |
| 2021 | $713.5M | $656.4M | 8.0% | $74.5M | 13,193 | $9.3M | 35.9% | 7.0% |
| 2020 | $641.1M | $683.3M | -6.6% | $8.2M | 13,244 | $10.9M | 34.0% | 7.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.4% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.5% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 6.6% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.03 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.67 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.48 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.27 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.61 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 1.90 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 77% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 56% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 73% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 76% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 75% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 224 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 22% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 76% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 40% | US median 79% |
| 106 |
| $102,145.39 |
| $17,916.35 |
| $12,667.88 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 82 | $116,740.73 | $20,682.96 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 467 REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC | 82 | $201,117.05 | $38,761.29 | $26,100.04 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 75 | $115,628.39 | $19,354.20 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 66 | $59,097.17 | $10,366.64 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 870 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS | 61 | $360,608.34 | $84,869.36 | $58,777.93 |
| DRG 057 DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 61 | $62,373.00 | $14,004.28 | $11,625.30 |
| DRG 847 CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITH CC | 60 | $69,759.55 | $13,644.87 | $12,158.78 |
| DRG 314 OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 57 | $162,421.95 | $28,546.49 | $17,601.55 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 53 | $90,362.08 | $16,621.58 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 49 | $70,037.69 | $9,113.53 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 48 | $408,078.98 | $88,224.90 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 391 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITH MCC | 44 | $89,531.64 | $14,662.52 | $10,202.94 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 702 | 638 | $2,662.15 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 346 | 332 | $14,104.52 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 296 | 256 | $1,884.72 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 266 | 251 | $1,572.59 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 238 | 229 | $5,014.44 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 185 | 178 | $5,529.39 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 183 | 180 | $7,050.91 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 162 | 158 | $3,122.31 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 159 | 155 | $3,335.65 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5165 Level 5 ENT Procedures | 154 | 152 | $5,736.44 | $4,436.36 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 153 | 144 | $1,844.12 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 151 | 129 | $11,634.26 | $8,873.86 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Santa Monica, CA with 281 beds, part of Ucop and a 5-star overall rating.
Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital in Santa Monica, CA has 281 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 331 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 13,792 inpatients that year, with 83.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital reported net patient revenue of $969.8M and operating expenses of $887.3M, a margin on patient care of 8.5%. After other income and expenses its net income was $109.3M (11.0% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital is part of Ucop, a health system with 3 hospitals based in Oakland, CA. It is a government-owned hospital.
Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 3 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital provides emergency services.
1,708 Medicare clinicians list Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital had 3,245 Medicare inpatient stays in 99 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 473 stays; Medicare paid $26,105.94 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $214K in payments to Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital as a teaching hospital ($97K general and $117K for research) from 8 companies.