CCN 050026SAN DIEGO CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)380 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read
A hospital in La Mesa, CA. It ran an operating loss of 10.4% in FY25 on $1018.7M of operating revenue. It held 267 days of cash on hand (89th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -4.2% in FY20 to -10.4% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 3.3%.
Operating margin · FY25
-10.4%
▼ 5.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals21st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
267d
all sources
▼ 8.7 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals89th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$1.02B
▲ 20.9 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals88th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+3.3%
▼ 8.1 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals39th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at GROSSMONT HOSPITAL is about $10.2M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where GROSSMONT HOSPITAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 1,475 of 2,681 filed
Each point is one Urban PPS hospital in the national distribution for this provider type, placed by operating margin. Facilities are not matched on size, case mix, or market — that is the matched-peer comparison in the paid benchmark. The Urban PPS hospital median is +1.3%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One urban pps hospitalGROSSMONT HOSPITALUrban PPS hospital median
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gated
Ratios tell you how this hospital is doing. Statements tell you what kind of organization it is, and where the money comes from. Every figure below traces to a public cost-report filing, shown as filed. A ratio renders only when every input is reported in the filing; a year missing its core lines is not shown; a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled. Not audited by Astrelis.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
908,884
997,799
1,018,713
Other operating revenue
19
12
8
Total operating revenue
908,904
997,811
1,018,721
Total operating expenses
957,885
1,048,632
1,124,588
Operating income
(48,981)
(50,821)
(105,867)
Operating margin %
-5.4%
-5.1%
-10.4%
Grants & contributions
4,245
5,317
2,774
Other non-operating, net
115,886
180,984
142,068
Net income
71,150
135,480
38,975
Net income %
+6.9%
+11.4%
+3.3%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · where other operating income is not reported, total operating revenue reflects net patient revenue alone · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 380-bed hospital at 77% occupancy 40% of patient revenue is outpatient.
The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by evidence class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim.
Scale and flow
Occupancy
76.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
292.04
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
380
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
29,075
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.7d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
39.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
3,668
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
18.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$32.2M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.462
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.6%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.08
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.218332
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
SAN DIEGO County, CA · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$102.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
10.4%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.8%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
15.0%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
18.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 6.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 15.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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