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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Scripps Mercy Hospital?

4077 5th Ave · San Diego, CA · 92103

Overview

Beds575
Discharges29,041cost report 2024
Occupancy74%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)4,148

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

Ownership

Scripps Mercy Hospital is operated by Scripps Health.

Operator
Scripps Health
Owner group
Scripps Health
Ownership type
Private Nonprofit
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Scripps Mercy Hospital, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Scripps 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 2024.

Net patient revenue$1.07B
Operating expenses$1.27B
Net income$47.8M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue4.5%
Uncompensated care cost$22.2M
Charity care cost$17.5M
Medicaid net revenue$180.4M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage38.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 75.2%
  • Medicare 15.3%
  • Medicaid 9.5%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871516$23K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291197$15K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 872106$12K
Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure · 18986$14K
Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 47085$22K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011266
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072122
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191117
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 511586
Level 3 Vascular Procedures · 518383

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

Location and market

Address
4077 5th Ave · San Diego, CA · 92103
County
San Diego County
State
California
Hospitals in the county26
Nursing homes80
Urgent care centers141

5 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 record · Company website
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
  • 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
050077
NPI
1659359446
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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