555 East Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA, 92025 · (760) 739-3000
Beds
292
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$628.8M
FY 2025
Net income
-$22.1M
Patient care margin -7.1%
Discharges
29,984
Occupancy 91.1%
Clinicians
533
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $628.8M | $673.4M | -7.1% | -$22.1M | 29,984 | $22.0M | 20.8% | - |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 2.4% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 11.3% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 13.1% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.1% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $573.4M | $597.4M | -4.2% | $368K | 18,887 | $17.1M | 20.1% | - |
| 2023 | $630.5M | $618.0M | 2.0% | $37.2M | 19,303 | $15.6M | 19.0% | - |
| 2022 | $586.9M | $562.1M | 4.2% | $50.2M | 18,307 | $12.7M | 19.8% | - |
| 2021 | $591.3M | $544.6M | 7.9% | $60.0M | 19,123 | $18.3M | 19.6% | - |
| 2020 | $561.4M | $548.6M | 2.3% | $50.2M | 22,724 | $16.8M | 20.4% | 12.3% |
| 13.6% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 10.5% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.5% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.7% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.4% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.3% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.94 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.40 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.10 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 2.12 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.66 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 1.17 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 73% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 47% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 66% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 64% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 231 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 11% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 70% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 61% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 67% | US median 74% |
| 122 |
| $126,156.14 |
| $9,783.48 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 121 | $145,166.19 | $11,571.90 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 90 | $100,072.11 | $7,316.43 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 80 | $98,168.03 | $7,465.08 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 78 | $128,082.03 | $11,748.56 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 75 | $76,721.24 | $5,210.52 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 66 | $76,065.91 | $5,328.32 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 63 | $158,563.79 | $15,117.27 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 60 | $77,558.92 | $6,845.48 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 55 | $115,411.49 | $10,670.35 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 52 | $88,333.87 | $6,302.27 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 322 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 51 | $133,097.41 | $11,753.94 | $12,904.99 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 48 | $194,262.04 | $16,317.02 | $15,695.20 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 527 | 505 | $2,016.73 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 222 | 208 | $8,134.83 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 59 | 58 | $1,750.25 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 55 | 54 | $891.40 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | 50 | 47 | $15,389.76 | $21,117.37 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 49 | 49 | $2,293.94 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 47 | 34 | $1,569.73 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 44 | 43 | $7,281.84 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 43 | 30 | $1,432.21 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 42 | 41 | $7,087.35 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 32 | 32 | $3,179.26 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 30 | 30 | $1,478.21 | $2,141.49 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Palomar Health Downtown Campus is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Escondido, CA with 292 beds, part of Palomar Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Palomar Health Downtown Campus in Escondido, CA has 292 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 583 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 29,984 inpatients that year, with 91.1% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Palomar Health Downtown Campus reported net patient revenue of $628.8M and operating expenses of $673.4M, a margin on patient care of -7.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$22.1M (-3.4% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Palomar Health Downtown Campus is part of Palomar Health, a health system with 2 hospitals based in Escondido, CA. It is a government-owned hospital.
Palomar Health Downtown Campus has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Palomar Health Downtown Campus provides emergency services.
533 Medicare clinicians list Palomar Health Downtown Campus as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology.
In 2024, Palomar Health Downtown Campus had 2,878 Medicare inpatient stays in 80 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 342 stays; Medicare paid $15,765.72 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $44K in payments to Palomar Health Downtown Campus as a teaching hospital ($44K general and - for research) from 7 companies.