If you have not been contacted at least 24 hours before your surgery, please call the surgery pavilion at (619) 686-3434, and speak with a nurse to receive specific instructions.

If you have any questions after your procedure, please contact your doctor immediately. A nurse from the center will call you within a few days after your surgery to see how you are recuperating and answer any additional questions you might have. Do not drive a car, smoke, drink alcoholic beverages, operate machinery or cook for at least 24 hours after returning home from your procedure.

Preparing For Your Surgery

If you have not been contacted at least 24 hours before your surgery, please call the surgery pavilion at (619) 686-3434, and speak with a nurse to receive specific instructions.

Follow these guidelines before your surgery

Helpful Links

Click below to view useful health information and educational resources. If you have additional questions please call the surgery pavilion at (619) 686-3434.

Our helpful links

Post Surgical Care

Before you leave the center, you and your caregiver will be given verbal and written instructions for your care at home. After you have returned home…

Post surgical care instructions

Financial Responsibility

Before your surgery date you will be notified of your estimated insurance coverage and additional amount you will be required to pay. Please make arrangements to…

Financial responsibility information

Insurance Information

Charges for outpatient services provided by Scripps Mercy Surgery Pavilion are based on a fixed procedural fee. Various insurance companies and government health care…

Our insurance information guiDelines

Scripps Mercy Surgery Pavilion

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