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Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility, Santa Cruz, CA

2250 Soquel Avenue, Suite 150, Santa Cruz, CA 95062Santa Cruz County

Psychiatric hospital 16 beds (Medicare cost report FY2025) No ER listed in Medicare data

Call (831) 600-2801 Directions (opens Google Maps)

Independent directory · data from CMS, not from this hospital

Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility is a for-profit psychiatric hospital in Santa Cruz, California. CMS records show it does not provide emergency services. According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of the October 2026 CMS release, it reported 16 beds and 397 inpatient discharges to Medicare for fiscal year 2025. Medicare (CMS) has not published an overall star rating for Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility.

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Nearest ER 0.7 miDominican Hospital
Medicare star ratingNot ratedReason below
Beds16Medicare cost report FY2025

CMS's overall star rating covers general acute care and critical access hospitals; psychiatric hospitals are not rated.

Source: CMS Care Compare, October 2026 releaseER figures are medians, not live waitsAbout the data

Visiting Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility

Address 2250 Soquel Avenue, Suite 150
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
County: Santa Cruz Directions Apple Maps Call (831) 600-2801
Emergency room No ER listed in Medicare data. In an emergency call 911 or go to the nearest ER: Dominican Hospital, 0.7 miles away. ER or urgent care?
What to bring
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  • A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
  • Your doctor's name and phone number
  • A phone charger
Visiting hours and parking vary: call ahead.

Quick answers about Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility

What is the phone number for Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility?

The main phone number for Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility is (831) 600-2801, from Medicare's hospital records.

Call (831) 600-2801
What is the address of Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility?

Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility is at 2250 Soquel Avenue, Suite 150, Santa Cruz, CA 95062.

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Does Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility have an emergency room?

No emergency room is listed for Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility in Medicare data. For an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest ER.

Quality and performance

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of October 2026

Type Psychiatric
Ownership For-profit

CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.

Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility. For a medical emergency, call 911.

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Health insurance at Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility

Original Medicare: Medicare-certified, so it can bill Original Medicare (Medicare number 054152). Medicare Advantage plans have their own networks, which this section does not cover.

California runs its own exchange, Covered California. Check its provider directory for Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility.

Is Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility in your plan?

California runs its own health insurance marketplace, so plan networks there aren't in HealthCare.gov's data.

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Source: the insurers' 2027 machine-readable provider files listed in the CMS Marketplace public use files, loaded November 4, 2026, matched to hospitals by NPI from CMS Hospital Enrollments. How we match networks to hospitals Networks change; confirm with your insurer before you go.

Care after a stay at Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility

Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.

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Psychiatric care quality

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CMS Inpatient psychiatric care Quality Reporting Program, data through March 2025

Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility reports inpatient psychiatric quality results to Medicare. Follow-up within 7 days: 33% here, against 37% nationally. Where CMS compares facilities statistically, this one is no different from the national rate.

After discharge

Follow-up within 7 days Patients who had a follow-up visit with a mental health provider within 7 days of leaving the hospital. Based on 49 patients. Jul 2023 – Jun 2024.
33% U.S. 37% · top 10% 53%
Follow-up within 30 days Patients who had a follow-up visit with a mental health provider within 30 days of leaving. Based on 49 patients. Jul 2023 – Jun 2024.
51% U.S. 60% · top 10% 77%
Readmitted within 30 days Patients readmitted to any hospital within 30 days of discharge (risk-adjusted). CMS compares each facility with the national rate. Based on 135 patients. Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
23% U.S. 19% Same as national
Discharge record sent Patients whose discharge record, with the required details, was sent with them or to their next provider. Based on 366 patients. Jan 2024 – Dec 2024.
99% U.S. 63% · top 10% 99%

During the stay

Physical restraint use Hours patients spent in physical restraints for every 1,000 hours of inpatient care. Lower is better. Jan 2024 – Dec 2024.
0.04 U.S. 0.29
Seclusion use Hours patients spent in seclusion for every 1,000 hours of inpatient care. Lower is better. Jan 2024 – Dec 2024.
0.02 U.S. 0.36
Screened for metabolic disorders Patients on antipsychotic medication who were screened for metabolic problems such as diabetes and high cholesterol. Based on 172 patients. Jan 2024 – Dec 2024.
5% U.S. 81% · top 10% 100%
Alcohol use help offered Patients with risky alcohol use who were given or offered a brief intervention. Based on 190 patients. Jan 2024 – Dec 2024.
100% U.S. 60% · top 10% 100%
Tobacco treatment offered at discharge Tobacco users who were given or offered help to quit when they left. Based on 18 patients. Jan 2024 – Dec 2024.
0% U.S. 57% · top 10% 98%
Flu vaccination checked Patients assessed for and, where appropriate, given a flu vaccine. Based on 206 patients. Oct 2024 – Mar 2025.
9% U.S. 76% · top 10% 99%

Source: CMS Inpatient psychiatric care Quality Reporting Program (Provider Data Catalog). Better/worse labels appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate; other figures are shown next to the national figure for context. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or call 911.

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Treatment programs near Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility

Mental health and substance use programs within 30 miles, for care before or after a hospital stay. In a crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or call 911.

Source: SAMHSA, FindTreatment.gov. Call to confirm services, insurance and openings.

Find doctors in Santa Cruz

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

Family doctors 73 OB-GYNs 23 Internal medicine doctors 19 Psychologists 17 Podiatrists 16 All doctors in Santa Cruz
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Size and finances

Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Jun 2025

Beds
16
Reported to Medicare, FY2025
Employees
40
Full-time equivalent
Discharges
397
Inpatient stays a year
Patient revenue
$10.3 million
Net of discounts
Operating margin
2.4%
On patient care

As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare California hospital finances.

Who owns Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility

Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)

Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Telecare Corporation, a for-profit organization, incorporated 1965.

Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.

The area around Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Primary care: Parts of Santa Cruz are federally designated health professional shortage areas (2 designations). Highest shortage score 8.

Mental health: Parts of Santa Cruz are federally designated health professional shortage areas (5 designations). Highest shortage score 18.

Nurse pay: registered nurses in California earn a median $140,270 a year. Healthcare salaries in California.

Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. California shortage areas

Closest other hospitals

0.7 mi Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CA 3 hr 11 min ER visit 1.0 mi Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 12 mi Watsonville Community Hospital Watsonville, CA 2 hr 41 min ER visit 19 mi Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose, CA 2 hr 20 min ER visit 21 mi Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose San Jose, CA
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Healthcare pay in California

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