UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center Reimbursement & Financial Overview
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center is a government-owned, short-term acute care hospital in San Diego, California, providing inpatient and outpatient care across cardiology, oncology, neurology, transplant and other specialty services. As a major academic medical center and regional referral center serving San Diego County and the surrounding Southern California communities, the hospital offers patients access to comprehensive clinical services, specialized programs, and the resources of a large teaching hospital and health system partners.
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CMS Facility Identification & Reporting Details
CMS facility data for UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center includes hospital classification, ownership, location, CMS Certification Number (CCN), and Medicare cost reporting period.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Address | 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 |
| County | San Diego |
| CBSA | 41740 |
| Rural / Urban | R |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 050025 |
| Facility Type | Short-Term Acute Care Hospital |
| Ownership | Government |
| Fiscal Year | Jul 2023 – Jun 2024 |
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center Financial Performance & Hospital Financial Data
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center’s financial performance provides insight into the hospital’s financial stability, operating efficiency, cost pressures, and capacity to sustain patient care and invest in future growth. These metrics help finance, revenue cycle, and managed care teams evaluate performance, identify financial trends, and better understand the hospital’s overall financial position.
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| Account | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total Current Assets | $1.1B |
| Total Assets | $3.8B |
| Total Current Liabilities | $1.2B |
| Total Liabilities | $5.2B |
| Total Equity (Fund Balance) | ($1.5B) |
| Current Ratio | 0.94 |
| Debt-to-Equity | -3.57 |
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center Medicare, Medicaid & Payer Mix
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center’s Medicare, Medicaid, payer mix, and community benefit data provide insight into reimbursement exposure, patient coverage trends, uncompensated care, and reliance on government and commercial payers. These metrics help assess payer composition, reimbursement dynamics, financial risk, and the hospital’s overall revenue profile.
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| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Charity Care Cost | $25M |
| Bad Debt Expense | $73M |
| Uncompensated Care Cost | $43M |
| Total Unreimbursed & Uncompensated | $300M |
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center Taxonomy
Explore new and updated payer policies relevant to UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center. Track policy changes that may affect coverage, billing requirements, reimbursement, and revenue cycle operations.
| Code | Type |
|---|---|
| 282N00000X [PRIMARY] | General Acute Care Hospital |
| 261QR0404X | Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinic/Center |
UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center NPI Registration & Network
Explore NPI affiliations associated with UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center, including connected healthcare organizations, individual practitioners, specialties, and provider network relationships. A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit ID assigned by CMS to healthcare providers. Type 1 NPIs identify individual practitioners, while Type 2 NPIs identify organizations such as hospitals, clinics, and group practices.
Registration Details
NPI registration data for UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center includes the hospital’s National Provider Identifier, registered business name, mailing address, authorized official, and registration date.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| NPI | 1184722779 |
| Doing Business As | UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center |
| Mailing Address | File 556631, Los Angeles, CA 90074-5663 |
| Phone | (619) 543-6308 |
| Authorized Official | LORI DONALDSON, CFO |
| Authorized Official Phone | (619) 543-6060 |
| NPI Registered Since | Sep 20, 2006 |
NPI Network
Organizations and individual practitioners affiliated with UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center's Tax Identification Number (TIN), as registered in the NPPES database.
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| NPI Type 2 | Organization | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1558463927 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1225130677 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1780605766 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-UCSD AMBULATORY CARE PHARMACY | LA JOLLA | CA |
| 1760594998 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1124283395 | UCSD DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1740382993 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1336267137 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - UCSD MEDICAL GROUP | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1326141862 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1497021265 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CENTER | LA JOLLA | CA |
| 1427176338 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1225287469 | UCSD | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1265535702 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1598786576 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1174626618 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
| 1356444897 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | SAN DIEGO | CA |
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| Type 1 NPIs | States Spanned |
|---|---|
| 3 | 1 |
Also Known As
Alternate names registered for this facility's NPI in the NPPES registry — trade names (doing business as), former legal names, and other names.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center | Doing Business As |
Frequently Asked Questions
References
- 1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
- 2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
- 3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.
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