HOSPITAL · CCN 050222
SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER
Physician affiliations & referral network
CHULA VISTA, CAFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
201
External referring physicians
824
Top affiliated specialty
Internal Medicine
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
31,470
SPECIALTY MIX
Specialties among affiliated physicians
33
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AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS
Physicians affiliated with SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER (201 total)
From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 201.
REFERRAL NETWORK
Who refers patients here
External physicians who share patients into this hospital's affiliated providers, ranked by shared Medicare beneficiaries.
| Referring physician | Specialty | Shared beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|
| SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER | — | 4,089 |
| SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | — | 3,628 |
| Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | 3,552 |
| American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. | Ambulance Service Provider | 2,283 |
| SHARP CORONADO HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE CENTER | — | 1,855 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | — | 1,773 |
| PRIME HEALTHCARE PARADISE VALLEY LLC | — | 1,761 |
| John Holden | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,204 |
| Scott Boles | Diagnostic Radiology | 1,115 |
| SAN DIEGO MEDICAL SERVICES ENTERPRISE, LLC | — | 984 |
| Shanoe Cutts | Diagnostic Radiology | 961 |
| Joel Sigeti | Diagnostic Radiology | 941 |
| Christopher Sebrechts | Diagnostic Radiology | 842 |
| Neeraj Panchal | Diagnostic Radiology | 816 |
| LOW, RUSSELL | — | 721 |
| PUCKETT, MICHAEL | — | 689 |
| Benjamin Orejudos | Diagnostic Radiology | 616 |
| SPECTRA LABORATORIES INC | — | 611 |
| Nathaniel Chuang | Diagnostic Radiology | 564 |
| ALVARADO HOSPITAL, LLC | — | 476 |
| Tagumpay Sacamay | Nephrology | 441 |
| K Campbell | Pathology | 431 |
| Guillermo Castillo | Family Practice | 401 |
| PALOMAR HEALTH | — | 368 |
| CITY OF EL CAJON | — | 348 |
Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). A directional edge is a proxy for referral, not a documented referral; pairs below 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.
CASE MIX
Top procedures by volume
Highest-volume MS-DRGs from CMS inpatient claims (latest reporting year per code).
| MS-DRG | Discharges |
|---|---|
| 871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 292 |
| 291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 193 |
| 193SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 99 |
| 177RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 89 |
| 690KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 81 |
| 698OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 68 |
| 689KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 64 |
CROSS-REFERENCE