300 Hillmont Avenue, Ventura, CA, 93003 · (805) 652-6075
Beds
272
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$633.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$7.8M
Patient care margin -14.1%
Discharges
14,257
Occupancy 65.3%
Clinicians
353
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 | $633.5M | $722.5M | -14.1% | $7.8M | 14,257 | $18.9M | 14.6% | 28.2% |
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 | 8% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.1% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 14.8% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.4% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 8.8% | 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 | $569.7M | $667.6M | -17.2% | -$39.5M | 13,407 | $14.1M | 13.8% | 29.4% |
| 2023 | $519.9M | $619.9M | -19.2% | -$34.6M | 13,777 | $15.2M | 13.2% | 29.4% |
| 2022 | $525.3M | $554.1M | -5.5% | $15.9M | 12,479 | $14.7M | 13.3% | 23.7% |
| 2021 | $509.4M | $526.0M | -3.3% | $17.1M | 11,622 | $17.5M | 15.1% | 21.0% |
| 2020 | $486.3M | $608.4M | -25.1% | -$88.7M | 12,515 | $17.4M | 13.3% | 26.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.9% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.6% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.95 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.54 | US median 0.28 |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.24 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.72 · better |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.25 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 1.18 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 77% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 51% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 73% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 73% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 73% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 4% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 178 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 12% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 72% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 76% | US median 79% |
| 51 |
| $87,035.33 |
| $11,098.16 |
| $7,681.44 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 33 | $93,452.82 | $19,604.15 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 33 | $84,569.09 | $13,312.09 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 31 | $71,721.45 | $11,977.55 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 30 | $85,734.90 | $9,052.73 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 28 | $89,267.07 | $14,220.64 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 27 | $93,967.89 | $9,927.78 | $7,114.44 |
| DRG 897 ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITHOUT MCC | 26 | $96,814.69 | $10,815.54 | $7,306.07 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 25 | $102,297.44 | $13,107.08 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 25 | $151,795.52 | $22,019.96 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 24 | $256,077.54 | $52,661.63 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 312 SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 21 | $172,228.19 | $21,331.57 | $6,636.32 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $57,630.19 | $9,108.33 | $5,829.71 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 155 | 147 | $2,663.93 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 43 | 43 | $5,652.02 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 41 | 39 | $1,585.22 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 28 | 27 | $3,122.31 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 21 | 19 | $3,414.89 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 20 | 19 | $7,160.40 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 14 | 13 | $5,066.43 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 13 | - | $11,870.96 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | 11 | 11 | $2,750.39 | $2,176.09 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 11 | - | $1,779.20 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5415 Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures | 11 | 11 | $4,872.23 | $3,792.42 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $2,832.62 |
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.
Ventura County Medical Center is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Ventura, CA with 272 beds, part of Ventura County Health Care Agency and a 2-star overall rating.
Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura, CA has 272 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 14,257 inpatients that year, with 65.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Ventura County Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $633.5M and operating expenses of $722.5M, a margin on patient care of -14.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was $7.8M (1.1% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Ventura County Medical Center is part of Ventura County Health Care Agency, a health system with 1 hospitals based in Ventura, CA. It is a government-owned hospital.
Ventura County Medical Center has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Ventura County Medical Center provides emergency services.
353 Medicare clinicians list Ventura County Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, Ventura County Medical Center had 899 Medicare inpatient stays in 34 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 153 stays; Medicare paid $20,975.75 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $53K in payments to Ventura County Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($53K general and - for research) from 4 companies.