1441 Constitution Boulevard, Salinas, CA, 93906 · (831) 755-4111
Beds
144
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$316.0M
FY 2025
Net income
$1.9M
Patient care margin -38.0%
Discharges
7,772
Occupancy 70.5%
Clinicians
273
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 | $316.0M | $436.3M | -38.0% | $1.9M | 7,772 | $15.2M | 18.8% | 6.1% |
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 | 9.9% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 9.5% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 18.4% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 11.5% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.3% |
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 | $316.6M | $420.1M | -32.7% | $7.0M | 8,297 | $11.6M | 18.6% | 9.0% |
| 2023 | $305.3M | $397.9M | -30.3% | $13.6M | 7,959 | $11.8M | 19.4% | 11.3% |
| 2022 | $306.8M | $371.6M | -21.1% | $52.0M | 8,252 | $12.8M | 16.6% | 18.5% |
| 2021 | $278.9M | $356.7M | -27.9% | $23.0M | 7,657 | $12.7M | 18.9% | 28.5% |
| 2020 | $250.5M | $326.5M | -30.3% | $17.0M | 7,870 | $10.3M | 18.9% | 30.4% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.9% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.1% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.18 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.32 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.46 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | 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 | 37% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 72% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 75% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% | 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) | 158 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 13% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 72% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 67% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 42% | US median 74% |
| 35 |
| $139,883.34 |
| $23,312.49 |
| $15,801.33 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 34 | $68,980.76 | $12,388.74 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 27 | $85,502.93 | $15,298.26 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 22 | $66,247.50 | $9,582.00 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 21 | $90,760.29 | $17,200.86 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $135,277.33 | $24,862.39 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 18 | $196,104.22 | $25,092.44 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $68,308.00 | $9,828.00 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 312 SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 18 | $70,155.06 | $10,569.61 | $6,636.32 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $76,272.44 | $11,580.78 | $7,114.44 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 16 | $67,680.19 | $12,060.88 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 086 TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA <1 HOUR WITH CC | 15 | $141,186.87 | $16,023.40 | $10,198.29 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 14 | $98,248.93 | $10,253.43 | $7,474.08 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 114 | 109 | $2,814.72 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 26 | 26 | $1,651.02 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 23 | 21 | $3,084.03 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 22 | 22 | $2,822.55 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 19 | 19 | $11,872.59 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 18 | 17 | $1,595.18 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 15 | 15 | $4,975.13 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 15 | 15 | $7,877.02 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | 14 | - | $6,051.23 | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 13 | 12 | $3,430.06 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 12 | 12 | $3,622.57 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 11 | 11 | $3,004.18 | $2,141.49 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. | 1 | $8,352 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $159 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX | 1 | $135 |
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.
Natividad Medical Center is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Salinas, CA with 144 beds, part of Natividad Medical Center and a 3-star overall rating.
Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA has 144 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 172 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 7,772 inpatients that year, with 70.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Natividad Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $316.0M and operating expenses of $436.3M, a margin on patient care of -38.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was $1.9M (0.4% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Natividad Medical Center is part of Natividad Medical Center, a health system with 1 hospitals based in Salinas, CA. It is a government-owned hospital.
Natividad Medical Center has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Natividad Medical Center provides emergency services.
273 Medicare clinicians list Natividad Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Natividad Medical Center had 605 Medicare inpatient stays in 28 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 885 (psychoses) with 99 stays; Medicare paid $16,425.27 per stay on average, compared with $11,869.17 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $8,646 in payments to Natividad Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($8,646 general and - for research) from 3 companies.