East Campus Medical Center at UC San Diego Health operates a 302-bed general acute care hospital at 6655 Alvarado Road in San Diego's Grantville corridor, serving the eastern communities of Allied Gardens, College Area, La Mesa, and El Cajon under California license 090000101 and NPI 1184722779. UC San Diego Health acquired the facility, formerly Alvarado Hospital, in December 2023 for $200 million, integrating it into the system ranked number one in San Diego by U.S. News & World Report. Community primary care physicians such as Inspire Wellness in Grantville refer patients to the hospital's surgical, cardiology, and oncology departments. The campus houses a basic emergency department with published wait times, CARF-accredited inpatient rehabilitation, and a cancer program certified by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Surgical departments cover orthopedics, urology, and general surgery, with UC San Diego Health surgeons performing procedures alongside credentialed community physicians. The rehabilitation program includes hand therapy, neurological rehabilitation, sports physical therapy, pelvic floor therapy, and speech-language-swallowing therapy under UC San Diego Health providers. The 92120 ZIP places the hospital on Alvarado Road within a mile of the Interstate 8 interchange, and free parking is available in the on-site garage. UC San Diego Health has announced plans to convert a section of the facility into a behavioral health center that will serve as the academic home for its Department of Psychiatry, expanding capacity alongside outpatient providers such as LifeStance Therapists & Psychiatrists San Diego in Grantville. The original Alvarado Community Hospital opened on August 14, 1972, as a 124-bed facility and was expanded through the late 1980s before changing ownership multiple times prior to the UC San Diego Health acquisition.