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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Palomar Health Downtown Campus?

2185 Citracado Pkwy · Escondido, CA · 92029

Overview

Beds292
Discharges29,984cost report 2025
Occupancy91%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,912

Palomar Health Downtown Campus is a short-term acute hospital in Escondido, California, operated by Palomar Health. San Diego County has 26 hospitals, 80 nursing homes and 141 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Palomar Health Downtown Campus is operated by Palomar Health.

Operator
Palomar Health
Owner group
Palomar Health
Managed by
Palomar UC San Diego Health · CMS ownership filing
Ownership type
Government (hospital district)
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Palomar Health Downtown Campus, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Palomar Health

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.

Net patient revenue$628.8M
Operating expenses$673.4M
Net income−$22.1M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue-3.5%
Uncompensated care cost$22.0M
Charity care cost$11.7M
Medicaid net revenue$101.7M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage23.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 71.4%
  • Medicare 20.8%
  • Other government 7.8%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871342$17K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291153$10K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193122$11K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177121$13K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 87290$9K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011527
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115222
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 519159
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 507255
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures · 521350

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
2185 Citracado Pkwy · Escondido, CA · 92029
County
San Diego County
State
California
Hospitals in the county26
Nursing homes80
Urgent care centers141

10 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: cms_pecos · CMS record · Company website
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
050115
NPI
1457321317
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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