CMS certification 050424
Scripps Green Hospital
10666 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
Scripps Green Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. 86% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 20 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 7 and worse on 1.
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,523 completed surveys, 34% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | CA | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 51 patients | 84% | 70% | 65% |
How Scripps Green Hospital compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scripps Green HospitalThis hospital | 5/5 | 86% | — | 7 better 1 worse |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaSame city | 5/5 | 85% | 3 h 6 min | 9 better 2 worse |
| Palomar Health Downtown CampusSame county · Escondido | 3/5 | 66% | 3 h 51 min | 4 better 1 worse |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasSame county · Encinitas | 4/5 | 80% | 3 h 20 min | 7 better 1 worse |
| NH Camp PendletonSame county · Camp Pendleton | Not rated | 75% | 2 h 28 min | — |
| Tri-City Medical CenterSame county · Oceanside | 1/5 | 52% | 4 h 8 min | 2 better 1 worse |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in La Jolla.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 2,038 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 85 cases | Too few cases | 8.8% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 180 cases | Too few cases | 11.7% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 65 cases | Too few cases | 10.3% | 11.9% |
| COPD 34 cases | Too few cases | 7.4% | 8.6% |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 0.97 likely 0.67 – 1.27 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 888 cases | Too few cases | 2.8% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 92 cases | No different | 150.88 per 1,000 likely 96.36 per 1,000 – 205.4 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 3,005 cases | No different | 0.42 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.17 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 5,294 cases | No different | 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.06 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 5,488 cases | No different | 0.21 per 1,000 likely 0.02 per 1,000 – 0.4 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,705 cases | No different | 2.87 per 1,000 likely 1.51 per 1,000 – 4.23 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 2,332 cases | No different | 1.66 per 1,000 likely 0.13 per 1,000 – 3.18 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 2,355 cases | No different | 7.38 per 1,000 likely 2.05 per 1,000 – 12.71 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 2,832 cases | No different | 3.58 per 1,000 likely 1.83 per 1,000 – 5.33 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 2,290 cases | No different | 7.56 per 1,000 likely 4.7 per 1,000 – 10.42 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 719 cases | No different | 1.62 per 1,000 likely 0.15 per 1,000 – 3.09 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,753 cases | No different | 0.77 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.71 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.29 likely 0.01 – 1.42 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.74 likely 0.12 – 2.45 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.51 likely 0.09 – 1.69 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.74 likely 0.04 – 3.66 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.21 likely 0.09 – 0.41 | 1 |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after heart failure 109 cases | Too few cases | 20.4% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 255 cases | Too few cases | 15.3% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 49 cases | Too few cases | 20.3% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 856 cases | Too few cases | 4.4% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 91 cases | Too few cases | -41.9 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 203 cases | Too few cases | -35.8 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 3,239 cases | No different | 11.1 per 1,000 likely 8.8 per 1,000 – 13.8 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 32 cases | No different | 10 per 100 likely 6.7 per 100 – 14.6 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 32 cases | No different | 5.6 per 100 likely 3.5 per 100 – 8.7 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 1,306 cases | No different | 0.8 likely 0.7 – 1 | — |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
488 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 78 residents and trainees. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Hospitalist | 46 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 43 |
| Internal Medicine | 41 |
| Physician Assistant | 32 |
| Geriatric Medicine | 22 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 21 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 17 |
| Gastroenterology | 17 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 15 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | 12 |
| Critical Care Medicine | 11 |
| Neurology | 11 |
First 12 alphabetically
Money from drug and device companies
Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.
- 2019 $4.1M
- 2020 $4.4M
- 2021 $4.7M
- 2022 $1.3M
- 2023 $1.2M
- 2024 $480,772
- 2025 $694,344
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Space rental and facility fees | $60,750 | 16 |
| Grants | $51,725 | 10 |
| Debt forgiveness | $21,663 | 17 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | $177,883 | 4 |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $115,909 | 6 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | $68,367 | 62 |
| Moximed, INC | $63,765 | 4 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $63,263 | 1 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $38,100 | 6 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $27,397 | 2 |
| Biotronik INC. | $23,686 | 11 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of BMS-986278 in Participants With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $82,599 |
| Innovative Automated Insulin Delivery System for T2D Sequel Med Tech, LLC · NCT06853990 | $68,367 |
| RCT Motion MOXIMED, INC | $63,765 |
| MECHANISMS OF DUPILUMAB IN AERD - EFFECTS ON ASPIRIN HYPERSENSITIVITY RESPONSE, WITH A FOCUS ON INNATE TYPE 2 INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $63,263 |
| Ph3 study of Pola R CHP Glofit vs PolaR CHP in 1L DLBCL Genentech, Inc. | $62,248 |
| A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of BMS-986278 in Participants With Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $30,310 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized Double Blind Study to Evaluate Peri-operative Pembrolizumab MK-3475 Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy versus Perioperative Placebo Neo… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $27,397 |
| RUPTURED ANEURYSMS TREATED WITH HYDROGEL COILS (RAGE) MicroVention, Inc. · NCT03252314 | $17,500 |
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Scripps Green Hospital
Is Scripps Green Hospital a good hospital?
Scripps Green Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Of the 20 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 7 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Scripps Green Hospital?
86% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,523 completed HCAHPS surveys.
Does Scripps Green Hospital have an emergency room?
No. CMS does not list emergency services at Scripps Green Hospital.
Does Scripps Green Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $694,344 in payments to Scripps Green Hospital for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.