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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Palomar Medical Center Poway?

15615 Pomerado Road · POWAY, CA · 92064

Overview

Beds248
Discharges5,104cost report 2025
Occupancy21%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)554

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

Ownership

Palomar Medical Center Poway 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 Medical Center Poway, 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$180.1M
Operating expenses$203.3M
Net income−$10.0M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue-5.5%
Uncompensated care cost$5.1M
Charity care cost$2.5M
Medicaid net revenue$24.4M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage15.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 62.3%
  • Medicare 32.6%
  • Other government 5.1%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871189$16K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 29176$9K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 17760$13K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 19357$10K
Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with MCC · 69834$13K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011249
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115133
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 549173
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 536157
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 511642

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

Location and market

Address
15615 Pomerado Road · POWAY, CA · 92064
County
San Diego County
State
California
Hospitals in the county26
Nursing homes80
Urgent care centers141

Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital All Owners · 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
050636
NPI
1376513754
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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