Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA
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About Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is an acute care hospital in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level I adult, Level II pediatric trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 461 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Santa Barbara County Psychiatric Health Facility, about 3.4 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.63
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Better than national · SIR 0.43
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.54
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 1.03
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyWorse than national · SIR 4.13
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 1.42
64% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend85%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1081%
- Completed surveys3,306
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
34.42942, -119.72319
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital located?
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is at 400 West Pueblo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 in Santa Barbara County.
Does Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 185 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital?
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 4 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level I adult, Level II pediatric trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date March 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the California EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (805) 682-7111.
Would patients recommend Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (3,306 completed surveys), 85% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 81% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a Hospital to Give BirthLevels of maternal and newborn care, the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, quality data and questions to ask on a tour.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.