Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr

Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr sits at the top of the CMS Hospital Compare ranking with 5 stars — a designation that signals consistently strong performance across the federal quality measure set. The underlying CMS Hospital Compare measures are mostly favorable — the better-than-benchmark count exceeds the worse-than-benchmark count by a meaningful margin.

On payment metrics, Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $22,274, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. Combined with the quality measures, Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr earns a value score of 76/100 — high quality at a competitive cost, the top-tier combination for a patient comparing options.

Ownership is non-profit, the dominant pattern in U.S. acute care. Non-profit hospitals generally reinvest operating margins rather than distribute them; the federal CMS measure set treats them identically to other ownership categories for reporting purposes. The CMS payment record for Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr lists 15 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Renal Failure with CC, Heart Failure and Shock with CC, Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.