CCN 050324SAN DIEGO CountyPhysicianUrban (USDA RUCC)301 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY22, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in La Jolla, CA. It ran an operating surplus of 21.7% in FY25 on $1192.5M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (0th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 12.3% in FY20 to 21.7% in FY25. These figures come from filings spanning FY22–FY25: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.
Operating margin · FY25
+21.7%
vs Urban PPS hospitals92nd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals0th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$1.19B
vs Urban PPS hospitals90th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+23.4%
vs Urban PPS hospitals91st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LA JOLLA is about $11.9M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where SCRIPPS MEMORIAL 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 hospitalSCRIPPS MEMORIALUrban 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
953,921
1,114,616
1,192,290
Other operating revenue
187
166
182
Total operating revenue
954,108
1,114,781
1,192,472
Total operating expenses
812,530
918,707
934,037
Operating income
141,578
196,074
258,435
Operating margin %
+14.8%
+17.6%
+21.7%
Grants & contributions
4,640
—
—
Other non-operating, net
39,124
86,456
26,309
Net income
185,342
282,530
284,744
Net income %
+18.6%
+23.5%
+23.4%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY23, FY24, FY25 net patient A/R is not shown: gross A/R was not reported on the filing, making the derived net figure spurious (AR quality flag).
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 301-bed hospital at 84% occupancy 37% 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
83.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
252.70
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
301
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
26,377
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.5d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
37.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
2,770
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
19.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$37.9M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.209
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
13.8%
Better Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.97
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.3775
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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