Va San Diego Healthcare System
- CMS overall rating
- 5 out of 5 stars
- Patient survey rating
- 4 out of 5 stars
- Beds
- 5
- Average time in the ER
- Not reported
CMS data as of
Overview
Summary
Va San Diego Healthcare System is located in San Diego, California. Va San Diego Healthcare System is a Veterans Administration acute care hospital and is owned by the Veterans Health Administration. This facility has 5 beds. Va San Diego Healthcare System offers emergency care services. When asked survey questions about their care in Va San Diego Healthcare System, patients gave an overall rating of 89 out of 100. Furthermore, patients would rate this hospital 89 out of 100 in terms of recommending others receive care at this facility.
| Measure | Va San Diego Healthcare System |
|---|---|
| Able to receive lab results electronically | Not available |
| Able to track patient records electronically | Not available |
| Offers emergency services | Yes |
How the overall rating breaks down
CMS groups quality measures into categories and reports whether each hospital is above, the same as, or below the national average in each.
| Measure | Va San Diego Healthcare System |
|---|---|
| Efficient use of medical imaging | Not available |
| Effectiveness of Care | Not available |
| Mortality | Above national average |
| Patient Experience | Not available |
| Readmission | Below national average |
| Safety of Care | Above national average |
| Timeliness of Care | Not available |
Nearby hospitals of the same type are included for context.
Trends since 2020
How Va San Diego Healthcare System has changed on key measures in each annual CMS release, with the national value for reference.
- Va San Diego Healthcare System
- National
Overall star rating
Stars (1–5) · Higher is better
No data reported for 2020, 2021, 2022. View data as a table
Overall star rating, 2020–2026 CMS release year Va San Diego Healthcare System 2020 — 2021 — 2022 — 2023 5 2024 5 2025 5 2026 5 Patients' overall rating
Score (0–100) · Higher is better
Each point is a CMS annual release. View data as a table
Patients' overall rating, 2020–2026 CMS release year Va San Diego Healthcare System National 2020 87 88.5 2021 90 87.9 2022 86 87.5 2023 87 86.8 2024 90 87.6 2025 89 88 2026 89 87.9 Hospital-wide readmission rate
Percent · Lower is better
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.
No data reported for 2026. View data as a table
Hospital-wide readmission rate, 2020–2026 CMS release year Va San Diego Healthcare System National 2020 16.1% 15.6% 2021 17.4% 15.5% 2022 15.9% 15% 2023 15.3% 14.6% 2024 14.4% 14.6% 2025 14.8% 15% 2026 — — Heart failure death rate
Percent · Lower is better
Each point is a CMS annual release. View data as a table
Heart failure death rate, 2020–2026 CMS release year Va San Diego Healthcare System National 2020 6.8% 11.3% 2021 7.4% 11.2% 2022 6.9% 11.3% 2023 6.1% 11.8% 2024 6.2% 11.9% 2025 5% 11.6% 2026 5.2% 11.1% Time in emergency department
Minutes · Lower is better
Appropriate sepsis care
Percent · Higher is better
Outcomes
What happened to patients after their stay: deaths, readmissions and infections picked up in the hospital.
Death rates
The share of patients who died within 30 days of a hospital stay for this condition, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better.
About this measure
Patients admitted for treatment sometimes develop serious complications or die. Many of these events can be prevented when hospitals follow best practices. CMS risk-adjusts death rates so hospitals that treat sicker patients are compared fairly.
Unplanned readmissions
The share of patients who came back to a hospital unexpectedly within 30 days of going home. Lower is better.
About this measure
The readmission measures estimate the rate of unplanned readmission to an acute care hospital in the 30 days after discharge. Returning to the hospital disrupts patients’ lives, raises the risk of harmful events like infections, and costs more. Hospitals that give high quality care can keep patients from returning.
Infections caught in the hospital
Infections compared with the number expected for a hospital like this one. 1.0 is as expected; below 1.0 is better.
About this measure
Infections are reported using a standardized infection ratio. The SIR compares the actual number of infections at a hospital to a national benchmark based on data reported to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).
Timely care and patient experience
Emergency department waits, whether recommended treatments were given, and how patients rated their stay.
Time spent in the emergency department
How long patients typically spent in the emergency department before leaving. Shorter is better.
About this measure
Timely emergency care is essential for good outcomes. Delays can reduce the quality of care and increase risk and discomfort for patients with serious illnesses or injuries. Waiting times vary with the number of patients seen, staffing, efficiency, admitting procedures and the availability of inpatient beds.
Recommended care
How often the hospital gave care that research shows gets the best results. Higher is better.
About this measure
Sepsis is a complication that occurs when the body has an extreme response to an infection. It damages organs and can be life-threatening. Sepsis can turn into septic shock, which has a higher risk of death. Identifying sepsis early and starting appropriate care quickly increases the chance of survival.
The septic shock measures focus on adults with severe sepsis or septic shock and check whether medically required interventions were given within three hours (first steps) and six hours (remaining steps).
Patient experience
How recently discharged patients rated their stay on the national HCAHPS survey, as a 0–100 score. Higher is better.
About this measure
Patients review their care using the HCAHPS survey, which covers overall rating, willingness to recommend, cleanliness, quietness, nurse and doctor communication, communication about medicines and more. CMS converts each set of responses to a number between 0 and 100 and averages them into a linear mean score that captures the full distribution of answers.
Costs and value
What care costs Medicare and patients, how it relates to outcomes, and the hospital’s own costs and staffing.
Payments for an episode of care
Average total paid, by Medicare and the patient, for care from admission through the following 30 days (90 for hip/knee replacement).
About this measure
The payment measures add up all payments for care starting the day the patient enters the hospital: payments to the hospital, doctor's office, skilled nursing facility and hospice, plus patient copayments. Risk adjustment accounts for patient age, medical history and other conditions, and removes differences unrelated to care such as geographic pricing.
Value of care
Death rate and payment for the same condition, side by side. Hospitals toward the lower left have both lower death rates and lower payments.
About this measure
Looking at payment together with quality-of-care measures such as death rates lets you compare the value of care between hospitals. Lower and to the left (low death rate, low payment) is the best combination.
Costs versus charges
How a hospital’s actual costs compare with what it lists as charges. Closer to 1 means list prices are closer to costs.
About this measure
Hospitals list charges that are usually much higher than what care costs them. The cost-to-charge ratio shows how far apart the two are. Values are calculated from the hospital’s annual Medicare cost report.
Employees on payroll
Estimated full-time-equivalent staff, from the hospital’s Medicare cost report.
Doctors and specialties
Which kinds of doctors are affiliated with the hospital, and which specialties are unusually common there.
Doctors by specialty
Doctors affiliated with this hospital, grouped by primary specialty.
About this measure
The RCA calculation compares a specialty’s share of all doctors at a given hospital with that specialty’s share across all hospitals.
Key facts about Va San Diego Healthcare System
The latest CMS numbers for Va San Diego Healthcare System, how they compare with the national value, and how they have changed since the earliest release we track. Data as of Sep 30, 2026.
| Measure | Va San Diego Healthcare System | National | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall star rating (higher is better) | 5 stars in 2026 | — | Unchanged since 2023 |
| Patient survey star rating (higher is better) | 4 stars in 2026Higher than national (3.3 stars) | 3.3 stars | Up from 3 stars in 2020 |
| Patients would recommend (higher is better)HCAHPS linear mean score (0–100) | 89/100 in 2026Higher than national (87/100) | 87/100 | Up from 87/100 in 2020 |
| Heart attack death rate (lower is better) | 9.5% in 2026Lower than national (11.9%) | 11.9% | Down from 11.2% in 2020 |
| Heart failure death rate (lower is better) | 5.2% in 2026Lower than national (11.1%) | 11.1% | Down from 6.8% in 2020 |
| Pneumonia death rate (lower is better) | 7.1% in 2026Lower than national (15.2%) | 15.2% | Down from 11.7% in 2020 |
| Hospital-wide readmission rate (lower is better) | 14.8% in 2025Lower than national (15%) | 15% | — |
| Central line bloodstream infections (lower is better)Standardized infection ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as predicted | 0.62 in 2026Lower than national (1.00) | 1.00 | Up from 0.00 in 2021 |
Common questions
Where is Va San Diego Healthcare System located?
Va San Diego Healthcare System is at 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161 in San Diego County. Its main phone number is (858) 552-8585.
What type of hospital is Va San Diego Healthcare System?
CMS lists Va San Diego Healthcare System as an acute care - veterans administration. Ownership is listed as veterans health administration.
What is Va San Diego Healthcare System's CMS star rating?
Va San Diego Healthcare System has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The rating combines measures of mortality, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care.
How do patients rate Va San Diego Healthcare System?
Va San Diego Healthcare System has a patient survey summary rating of 4 stars out of 5, based on the national HCAHPS survey of recently discharged patients. Its score for patients who would recommend the hospital is 89/100, compared with 87/100 nationally.
Does Va San Diego Healthcare System have an emergency room?
Yes. Va San Diego Healthcare System offers emergency services. In an emergency, call 911.
How many beds does Va San Diego Healthcare System have?
Va San Diego Healthcare System has 5 beds, according to CMS's Provider of Services file.