Black Health
Acute Care

College Hospital Costa Mesa

301 Victoria Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 · (949) 642-2734

Ownership

For-profit

Proprietary

CMS Provider #

050543

Source: CMS Hospital Compare

(949) 642-2734

CMS Hospital Compare measure groups

Mortality

Not reported

Safety

1

measures reported

1 better than national

Readmission

Not reported

Patient experience

Not reported

Timely & effective

3

measures reported

College Hospital Costa Mesa in context

COLLEGE HOSPITAL COSTA MESA is an acute-care hospital in Costa Mesa, California, running as a for-profit hospital. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 050543, which is the join key across Hospital Compare, MACRA, and most state discharge scorecards.

CMS has not assigned an overall Hospital Compare star rating to this facility — usually because the hospital reports too few of the measure groups to qualify, which is common for critical-access hospitals and specialty facilities. On measure groups versus the national rate, the facility is: 1 better of 1 safety. CMS's composite rating weights mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care across all reporting measures; it is not stratified by patient race.

Operationally: COLLEGE HOSPITAL COSTA MESA does not report an emergency department or the CMS Birthing-Friendly maternal-safety designation in this release of Hospital Compare. Emergency admissions are routed to the nearest EMTALA-covered facility; maternal cases likely refer to the closest birthing-friendly hospital.

Statewide context: California's Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI, formerly OSHPD) publishes patient-level discharge abstracts with race and ethnicity — the most detailed state scorecard in the country. California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) produces hospital-level maternal morbidity rates by race.

For Black patients

If you are a Black patient being seen at COLLEGE HOSPITAL COSTA MESA in Costa Mesa, California, a few concrete steps:

  • Bring an advocate. National data from CDC's Black maternal mortality review show the single biggest reduction in missed-diagnosis rates comes from a second set of ears in the room — a partner, a doula, a family member. Ask in advance that they be credentialed as a visitor; the hospital cannot turn away a designated support person.
  • If you need ongoing primary care, our California provider directory filters to physicians who accept Medicaid and speak Spanish / Haitian Creole / ASL where relevant. Filter to your insurance first.
  • If the hospital doesn't take your coverage, the closest Federally Qualified Health Center is listed under our FQHCs in this area. FQHCs serve every patient on a sliding-fee scale regardless of insurance status.
  • For help paying for care, the state Medicaid navigator at /medicaid/california/ explains eligibility, documents, and how to apply (same-day presumptive eligibility for pregnancy).
  • If you are treated dismissively or your pain is ignored, every Medicare-certified hospital is required by CMS Conditions of Participation (42 CFR 482.13) to have a grievance procedure; file in writing and request the CMS regional office contact if the hospital ombuds does not respond within seven days.

Alternatives & nearby care

Sliding-scale clinics

FQHCs near Costa Mesa

Federally Qualified Health Centers — take Medicaid and uninsured on sliding scale.

Providers

Providers in CA

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State rollup

All hospitals in California

Safety-net systems, state scorecard, rollups by CMS star rating.

References & primary sources

  • CMS Hospital Compare — Hospital General Information (the primary source for overall star rating, measure-group counts, ownership, ER, birthing-friendly flag): data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u.
  • CMS Care Compare facility profile — this hospital's public page: Care Compare.gov search by CCN.
  • 42 CFR Part 482 — Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospitals (source for grievance-procedure rights + EMTALA): ecfr.gov / Title 42 Part 482.
  • Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) — the obstetric safety bundles underlying the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation: saferbirth.org.

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