facebook tracking Hospitals in Santa Barbara, CA: 3 Hospitals & 2 ERs Near You

Hospitals in Santa Barbara, CA

According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of the July 2026 CMS release, Santa Barbara, California, has 3 hospitals, 2 with an emergency department. The median emergency room visit lasts 2 hr 47 min, 7 min shorter than the California median of 2 hr 54 min. The shortest is at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital (2 hr 29 min). The highest Medicare star rating among its 2 rated hospitals is 5 out of 5, at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital.

3 hospitals 2 with an ER Santa Barbara County
Hospitals 3 415 beds (2 reporting)
With an ER 2 emergency departments
Median ER visit 2 hr 47 min −7 min vs California
Average stars 4.5 / 5 2 rated by CMS
Advertisement

Santa Barbara hospitals

No longer listed by Medicare (closed or merged): Rehab Inst at Santa Barbara, St Francis Medical Center. These pages are kept for reference.

Advertisement

About hospitals in Santa Barbara

There are 3 hospitals in Santa Barbara, California, in Santa Barbara County. 2 of them have an emergency department. By type: 2 acute care hospitals and 1 psychiatric hospital.

The median ER visit for patients treated and sent home in Santa Barbara lasts 2 hr 47 min, 7 min shorter than the California median of 2 hr 54 min. The shortest is at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, 2 hr 29 min.

Hospitals near me: find the closest ER Compare ER waits across California All California hospitals

Compare hospitals in Santa Barbara

Two Santa Barbara hospitals side by side on Medicare star ratings, patient survey results, ER times and safety.

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital vs Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Community health centers near Santa Barbara

Community health centers (federally qualified health centers) see patients with or without insurance and charge on a sliding scale based on income. They are not emergency rooms: call ahead for an appointment.

Source: HRSA Health Center Program (HHS).

Care after the hospital in Santa Barbara

Medicare-certified dialysis centers, home health agencies and hospices, with their CMS ratings.

Dialysis centers in Santa Barbara (2) Home health agencies in Santa Barbara (3) Hospice care providers in Santa Barbara (2)

Hospitals in nearby cities

Hospitals in Ventura, CA (3)

Find doctors in Santa Barbara

Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Santa Barbara, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.

Internal medicine doctors 96 Family doctors 59 Psychologists 54 Psychiatrists 45 Orthopedic surgeons 42 All doctors in Santa Barbara

People and health care in Santa Barbara

From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024) for the city of Santa Barbara.

Population
87,779
Median age 39.7
Hospitals per 100,000
3.4
3 hospitals listed
No health insurance
8.2%
about the U.S. rate
Age 65 and over
20.6%
above the U.S. 17.2%
Median household income
$106,182
U.S. $80,734

What nurses earn in California

Registered Nurses · $140,270 Nurse Practitioners · $168,520 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses · $79,750 Nursing Assistants · $47,630 All healthcare salaries in California
Hospitals per capita by state

Questions about hospitals in Santa Barbara

How many hospitals are in Santa Barbara, California?

There are 3 hospitals in Santa Barbara, California. 2 of them have an emergency department.

How long is the emergency room wait in Santa Barbara?

The median ER visit for patients treated and sent home in Santa Barbara lasts 2 hr 47 min, based on CMS measure OP-18b. That is a median over a 12-month reporting period, not a live figure. The California median is 2 hr 54 min.

Which hospital in Santa Barbara has the shortest ER wait?

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital reports the shortest median emergency department visit in Santa Barbara at 2 hr 29 min.

What is the best hospital in Santa Barbara?

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital has 5 out of 5 stars, the highest overall rating among the 2 Santa Barbara hospitals CMS rates. CMS star ratings measure quality and safety; they are not patient reviews.

Cite this data

Journalists, researchers and site owners are welcome to quote and chart these figures. They are free to use under CC BY 4.0: please credit HospitalsInEachState.com and link to this page.

Figures as of the July 2026 CMS release Updated automatically when CMS publishes new data Permanent link: hospitalsineachstate.com/hospitals/california/santa-barbara/

All California hospitals

Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.

Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.