1010 Murray St, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93405 · (850) 546-7600
Beds
162
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$203.0M
FY 2025
Net income
-$18.3M
Patient care margin -10.4%
Discharges
4,621
Occupancy 42.1%
Clinicians
311
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 | $203.0M | $224.2M | -10.4% | -$18.3M | 4,621 | $3.4M | 27.3% | 5.7% |
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 | 7.6% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.6% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 19.1% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 11.5% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.7% |
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 | $184.2M | $176.1M | 4.4% | $8.8M | 4,913 | $2.6M | 26.9% | 6.5% |
| 2023 | $175.4M | $164.2M | 6.4% | $12.0M | 5,106 | $2.7M | 30.4% | 10.8% |
| 2022 | $174.7M | $159.1M | 8.9% | $14.1M | 5,027 | $2.2M | 26.8% | 9.9% |
| 2021 | $165.7M | $150.8M | 9.0% | $22.6M | 4,743 | $1.7M | 26.9% | 11.6% |
| 2020 | $162.6M | $151.7M | 6.7% | $11.6M | 5,291 | $2.6M | 25.6% | 10.3% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.1% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.6% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.9% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 5.7% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.96 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.27 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.92 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.63 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.73 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 73% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 72% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 34% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 53% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 60% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 57% | 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) | 140 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 14% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 62% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 91% | US median 79% |
| 29 |
| $151,363.83 |
| $11,555.97 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 025 CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 28 | $417,726.50 | $41,482.54 | $37,824.45 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 21 | $271,496.05 | $18,168.33 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 20 | $151,026.65 | $14,609.55 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 19 | $120,925.53 | $10,875.95 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 19 | $149,034.58 | $8,659.05 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 19 | $190,256.47 | $10,856.11 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 472 CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 19 | $236,812.00 | $27,327.11 | $22,616.88 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 19 | $198,615.79 | $18,551.47 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $208,022.67 | $18,947.72 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 454 COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 18 | $521,970.06 | $54,498.56 | $49,528.71 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 16 | $102,106.50 | $6,502.00 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 16 | $117,365.00 | $9,025.44 | $7,681.44 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 103 | 101 | $1,554.37 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 92 | 85 | $3,088.37 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 83 | 81 | $2,641.37 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 65 | 60 | $1,861.97 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 58 | 58 | $5,652.02 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 44 | 26 | $1,987.31 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 41 | 39 | $14,515.73 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 38 | 38 | $7,160.40 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | 35 | 35 | $1,560.20 | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | 33 | 32 | $3,668.28 | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 30 | 29 | $3,301.06 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 28 | 27 | $3,385.83 | $2,635.67 |
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.
Adventist Health Sierra Vista is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in San Luis Obispo, CA with 162 beds, part of Adventist Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Adventist Health Sierra Vista in San Luis Obispo, CA has 162 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 171 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 4,621 inpatients that year, with 42.1% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-05-31), Adventist Health Sierra Vista reported net patient revenue of $203.0M and operating expenses of $224.2M, a margin on patient care of -10.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$18.3M (-8.9% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Adventist Health Sierra Vista is part of Adventist Health, a health system with 26 hospitals based in Roseville, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Adventist Health Sierra Vista has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Adventist Health Sierra Vista provides emergency services.
311 Medicare clinicians list Adventist Health Sierra Vista as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Family Practice.
In 2024, Adventist Health Sierra Vista had 520 Medicare inpatient stays in 23 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 122 stays; Medicare paid $17,482.70 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.