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Best hospitals in California

26 of the 271 California hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 84 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 379 California hospitalsBest hospitals by stateCalifornia ranks 40th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

26five-star hospitals
84four-star hospitals
271hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 379 in the state
69%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 59 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend86%Listed per $1 of cost$6.722Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend85%Typical ER visit3 h 6 minListed per $1 of cost$7.433Goleta Valley Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend85%Typical ER visit2 h 29 minListed per $1 of cost$4.444Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit3 h 14 minListed per $1 of cost$4.335Novato Community HospitalNovato · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit2 h 36 minListed per $1 of cost$4.186Stanford Health CareStanford · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit4 h 36 minListed per $1 of cost$7.257Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend82%Listed per $1 of cost$3.638Sequoia HospitalRedwood City · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit2 h 12 minListed per $1 of cost$5.559Adventist Health Howard MemorialWillits · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit1 h 48 minListed per $1 of cost$3.6310Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit3 h 46 minListed per $1 of cost$4.43
How California's 271 rated hospitals score
265 stars
844 stars
733 stars
592 stars
291 star

Every rated hospital in California

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla★★★★★★★★★★86%–$6.72
2Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla★★★★★★★★★★85%3 h 6 min$7.43
3Goleta Valley Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara★★★★★★★★★★85%2 h 29 min$4.44
4Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach★★★★★★★★★★84%3 h 14 min$4.33
5Novato Community HospitalNovato★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 36 min$4.18
6Stanford Health CareStanford★★★★★★★★★★83%4 h 36 min$7.25
7Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★82%–$3.63
8Sequoia HospitalRedwood City★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 12 min$5.55
9Adventist Health Howard MemorialWillits★★★★★★★★★★80%1 h 48 min$3.63
10Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 46 min$4.43
11Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 14 min$4.44
12Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 56 min$3.61
13Woodland Memorial HospitalWoodland★★★★★★★★★★71%1 h 50 min$6.05
14Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance★★★★★★★★★★82%2 h 57 min$7.78
15Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 32 min$3.95
16Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★78%5 h 55 min$9.34
17Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 55 min$4.54
18French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 44 min$6.24
19Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 54 min$5.40
20Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 56 min$7.33
21Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego★★★★★★★★★★75%4 h 19 min$4.09
22Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 44 min$3.63
23Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 19 min$7.25
24Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★74%–$3.88
25Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr TorranceTorrance★★★★★★★★★★70%4 h 51 min$5.43
26St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 30 min$5.23
27Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San MarcosSan Marcos★★★★★★★★★★88%–$3.07
28Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara★★★★★★★★★★85%3 h 5 min$4.07
29Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 46 min$3.83
30Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr CtrCoronado★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 6 min$5.25
31Mercy Medical Center of Mt ShastaMount Shasta★★★★★★★★★★84%1 h 29 min$2.99
32Sutter Davis HospitalDavis★★★★★★★★★★82%2 h 24 min$4.26
33Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★81%4 h 36 min$4.12
34Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego★★★★★★★★★★81%3 h 17 min$6.24
35Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura★★★★★★★★★★81%3 h 10 min$3.64
36Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - AnaheimAnaheim★★★★★★★★★★81%–$4.49
37El Camino HealthMountain View★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 43 min$6.00
38Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 20 min$6.73
39Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City★★★★★★★★★★80%–$3.98
40Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 57 min$7.59
41Sutter Amador HospitalJackson★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 16 min$3.80
42Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego★★★★★★★★★★77%–$4.07
43Sutter Lakeside HospitalLakeport★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 11 min$3.95
44Providence Redwood Memorial HospitalFortuna★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 31 min$5.47
45Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 17 min$6.48
46Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San FranciscoSouth San Francisco★★★★★★★★★★74%–$4.77
47Kaiser Foundation Hospital - VacavilleVacaville★★★★★★★★★★74%–$5.06
48Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 3 min$7.09
49St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 13 min$4.73
50Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 12 min$3.85
51Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★79%5 h 12 min$3.40
52Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage★★★★★★★★★★78%4 h 19 min$5.71
53Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda★★★★★★★★★★78%6 h 53 min$6.32
54Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton★★★★★★★★★★78%4 h 23 min$4.46
55Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 34 min$6.18
56John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 25 min$9.13
57Adventist Health St HelenaSaint Helena★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 10 min$7.43
58California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 24 min$3.16
59Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 14 min$4.01
60Mercy Hospital of FolsomFolsom★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 54 min$6.39
61University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento★★★★★★★★★★74%5 h 28 min$4.99
62Memorialcare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 26 min$6.44
63Providence Queen of the Valley Medical CenterNapa★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 32 min$6.45
64Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 35 min$9.57
65Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama CityPanorama City★★★★★★★★★★74%–$4.78
66Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FresnoFresno★★★★★★★★★★74%–$5.49
67Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 5 min$4.16
68Pih Health Downey HospitalDowney★★★★★★★★★★73%4 h 2 min$7.91
69Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 51 min$1.02
70Kaiser Foundation Hospital MantecaManteca★★★★★★★★★★73%–$5.17
71Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 14 min$6.23
72Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 34 min$7.74
73Kaiser Foundation Hospital - DowneyDowney★★★★★★★★★★72%–$4.23
74Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San FranciscoSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★72%–$3.76
75Kaiser Foundation Hospital, RiversideRiverside★★★★★★★★★★72%–$4.44
76Kaiser Foundation HospitalSan Rafael★★★★★★★★★★72%–$4.12
77Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 45 min$4.62
78Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San PedroSan Pedro★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 49 min$4.58
79Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 56 min$4.69
80Petaluma Valley HospitalPetaluma★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 50 min$7.54
81Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 16 min$5.84
82Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 3 min$7.85
83Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 14 min$5.76
84Alhambra Hospital Medical CenterAlhambra★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 13 min$3.54
85Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FremontFremont★★★★★★★★★★69%–$4.35
86Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland HillsWoodland Hills★★★★★★★★★★69%–$4.62
87Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Moreno ValleyMoreno Valley★★★★★★★★★★69%–$4.78
88St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 45 min$5.36
89Martin Luther King, Jr. Community HospitalLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 30 min$11.95
90San Gabriel Valley Medical CenterSan Gabriel★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 18 min$5.44
91Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 39 min$13.35
92Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 35 min$9.07
93Adventist Health Ukiah ValleyUkiah★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 28 min$3.93
94Kaiser Foundation Hospital - RosevilleRoseville★★★★★★★★★★66%–$4.76
95Usc Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale★★★★★★★★★★65%4 h 3 min$4.57
96San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 31 min$11.23
97Alameda HospitalAlameda★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 33 min$4.11
98Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 54 min$6.01
99Kaiser Foundation Hospital - SacramentoSacramento★★★★★★★★★★62%–$4.75
100Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 34 min$3.97
101Uci Health-OrangeOrange★★★★★★★★★★67%5 h 18 min$3.97
102Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterGlendale★★★★★★★★★★67%3 h 16 min$5.89
103Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley★★★★★★★★★★67%3 h 28 min$3.05
104Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 0 min$6.47
105Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway★★★★★★★★★★61%3 h 20 min$5.90
106Chino Valley Medical CenterChino★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 54 min$6.85
107Ucsf Health St. Mary's HospitalSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 46 min$3.60
108Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier★★★★★★★★★★60%1 h 43 min$6.20
109Ahmc Anaheim Regional Medical CenterAnaheim★★★★★★★★★★51%2 h 21 min$5.89
110Modoc Medical CenterAlturas★★★★★–67%1 h 34 min$1.26
111Tahoe Forest HospitalTruckee★★★★★★★★★★90%2 h 1 min$2.25
112Adventist Health Tehachapi ValleyTehachapi★★★★★★★★★★88%2 h 50 min$3.99
113Adventist Health Mendocino CoastFort Bragg★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 13 min$1.93
114Mercy General HospitalSacramento★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 50 min$6.51
115California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 18 min$3.19
116Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/OntarioFontana★★★★★★★★★★78%–$4.45
117Barton Memorial HospitalSouth Lake Tahoe★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 12 min$5.50
118Mark Twain Medical CenterSan Andreas★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 3 min$3.19
119Northern Inyo HospitalBishop★★★★★★★★★★66%1 h 55 min$2.04
120Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical CenterTarzana★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 40 min$4.96
121Lac/Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation CtrDowney★★★★★★★★★★76%–$2.64
122Loma Linda University Children's HospitalLoma Linda★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 52 min$5.43
123Providence Saint Joseph Medical CtrBurbank★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 20 min$6.28
124Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa RosaSanta Rosa★★★★★★★★★★75%–$4.58
125Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield★★★★★★★★★★74%4 h 0 min$5.70
126California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus HospSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 40 min$3.80
127Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin ParkBaldwin Park★★★★★★★★★★74%–$4.82
128Enloe HealthChico★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 8 min$6.29
129Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LaLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★73%–$5.26
130Memorial Medical CenterModesto★★★★★★★★★★72%4 h 18 min$4.54
131Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 25 min$4.98
132Natividad Medical CenterSalinas★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 38 min$3.82
133Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South BayHarbor City★★★★★★★★★★71%–$4.41
134Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut CreekWalnut Creek★★★★★★★★★★70%–$4.43
135Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 17 min$5.99
136Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 43 min$6.75
137San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 17 min$10.28
138Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 8 min$10.16
139Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 55 min$5.54
140Adventist Health TulareTulare★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 18 min$5.54
141San Gorgonio Memorial HospitalBanning★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 14 min$5.53
142Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia★★★★★★★★★★67%4 h 14 min$3.80
143St Joseph's Medical Center of StocktonStockton★★★★★★★★★★67%3 h 45 min$8.13
144Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose★★★★★★★★★★66%–$5.10
145Adventist Health HanfordHanford★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 0 min$5.31
146Adventist Health SonoraSonora★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 51 min$5.86
147Parkview Community Hospital Medical CenterRiverside★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 52 min$5.96
148Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 5 min$5.54
149Sutter Solano Medical CenterVallejo★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 16 min$4.17
150Mercy Medical CenterMerced★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 44 min$6.92
151Memorial Hospital Los BanosLos Banos★★★★★★★★★★59%2 h 32 min$4.58
152Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 26 min$9.29
153Community Hospital of San BernardinoSan Bernardino★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 33 min$6.45
154Mercy HospitalBakersfield★★★★★★★★★★67%3 h 13 min$6.09
155Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 51 min$7.43
156Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 54 min$5.56
157Desert Valley HospitalVictorville★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 47 min$6.31
158Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 22 min$14.57
159Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs HospitalMurrieta★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 11 min$9.20
160Adventist Health White MemorialLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 19 min$8.56
161Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian HospitalGlendora★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 40 min$7.28
162Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 11 min$3.62
163Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia★★★★★★★★★★62%4 h 18 min$5.13
164Saint Francis Medical CenterLynwood★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 58 min$5.68
165Ucsf Health Saint Francis HospitalSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 18 min$4.04
166Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 0 min$4.73
167Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★60%4 h 1 min$3.79
168Paradise Valley HospitalNational City★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 8 min$3.47
169Montclair Hospital Medical CenterMontclair★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 33 min$6.11
170Adventist Health Sierra VistaSan Luis Obispo★★★★★★★★★★57%2 h 20 min$8.76
171La Palma Intercommunity HospitalLa Palma★★★★★★★★★★55%3 h 24 min$4.35
172Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville★★★★★★★★★★52%3 h 9 min$4.64
173Corona Regional Medical CenterCorona★★★★★★★★★★49%3 h 38 min$10.37
174Encino Hospital Medical CenterEncino★★★★★★★★★★55%2 h 14 min$4.95
175Southern California Hospital at HollywoodHollywood★★★★★★★★★★46%3 h 57 min$5.20
176Mission Community HospitalPanorama City★★★★★★★★★★45%3 h 53 min$5.52
177Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin★★★★★★★★★★44%2 h 35 min$5.50
178Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★43%2 h 31 min$5.31
179Banner Lassen Medical CenterSusanville★★★★★–62%1 h 56 min$2.04
180College Medical CenterLong Beach★★★★★–57%5 h 22 min$2.13
181Kern Valley Healthcare DistrictLake Isabella★★★★★–50%2 h 43 min$3.79
182L a Downtown Medical CenterLos Angeles★★★★★–––$3.73
183Adventist Health White Memorial MontebelloMontebello★★★★★––––
184Sonoma Valley HospitalSonoma★★★★★★★★★★79%1 h 59 min$6.05
185Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab CenterVallejo★★★★★★★★★★74%–$4.27
186Adventist Health ClearlakeClearlake★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 40 min$2.55
187Sutter Coast HospitalCrescent City★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 8 min$3.49
188Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis★★★★★★★★★★80%4 h 2 min$5.35
189John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 51 min$6.78
190Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno★★★★★★★★★★76%4 h 0 min$5.05
191Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraSanta Clara★★★★★★★★★★75%–$4.32
192Redlands Community HospitalRedlands★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 51 min$8.53
193Ventura County Medical CenterVentura★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 58 min$4.60
194Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 24 min$4.29
195Lac/Olive View-Ucla Medical CenterSylmar★★★★★★★★★★73%5 h 20 min$2.91
196Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San LeandroSan Leandro★★★★★★★★★★73%–$4.55
197Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★72%5 h 0 min$3.52
198Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland★★★★★★★★★★72%–$4.12
199Washington HospitalFremont★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 49 min$4.91
200Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★71%4 h 46 min$2.57
201Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 14 min$5.64
202Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 29 min$2.88
203Kaiser Foundation Hosp So SacramentoSacramento★★★★★★★★★★70%–$4.80
204Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 44 min$7.43
205Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield★★★★★★★★★★68%4 h 28 min$6.41
206Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 54 min$7.54
207Fairchild Medical CenterYreka★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 20 min$2.39
208Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 36 min$6.68
209Watsonville Community HospitalWatsonville★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 50 min$8.25
210Greater El Monte Community HospitalSouth El Monte★★★★★★★★★★66%1 h 16 min$5.79
211Chinese HospitalSan Francisco★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 21 min$3.07
212Adventist Health DelanoDelano★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 30 min$2.83
213Adventist Health Twin CitiesTempleton★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 19 min$10.41
214Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 44 min$6.01
215Pih Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 50 min$5.39
216Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 19 min$14.07
217Northbay Medical CenterFairfield★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 56 min$7.88
218St Bernardine Medical CenterSan Bernardino★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 56 min$7.11
219Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 36 min$5.22
220Riverside Community HospitalRiverside★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 9 min$16.24
221California Hospital Medical Center LaLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★64%4 h 14 min$5.05
222Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 58 min$13.36
223San Joaquin General HospitalFrench Camp★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 33 min$5.84
224Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock★★★★★★★★★★58%3 h 10 min$17.88
225Dameron HospitalStockton★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 32 min$8.28
226Monterey Park HospitalMonterey Park★★★★★★★★★★58%1 h 27 min$8.05
227West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim★★★★★★★★★★57%3 h 10 min$5.62
228San Dimas Community HospitalSan Dimas★★★★★★★★★★56%2 h 27 min$6.23
229Hi-Desert Medical CenterJoshua Tree★★★★★★★★★★56%2 h 34 min$8.39
230Doctors Hospital of MantecaManteca★★★★★★★★★★55%2 h 44 min$16.55
231John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalIndio★★★★★★★★★★53%2 h 24 min$14.54
232Adventist Health and RideoutMarysville★★★★★★★★★★52%3 h 14 min$5.22
233Orange County Global Medical CenterSanta Ana★★★★★★★★★★49%3 h 6 min$4.80
234Sherman Oaks HospitalSherman Oaks★★★★★★★★★★54%2 h 20 min$5.01
235Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterGarden Grove★★★★★★★★★★54%2 h 14 min$4.29
236Ucla West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills★★★★★★★★★★53%2 h 52 min$8.65
237Providence St Mary Medical CenterApple Valley★★★★★★★★★★53%3 h 48 min$5.99
238Centinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewood★★★★★★★★★★50%3 h 8 min$5.43
239Uci Health-LakewoodLakewood★★★★★★★★★★48%3 h 42 min$7.99
240Anaheim Global Medical CenterAnaheim★★★★★–53%2 h 37 min$3.56
241Chapman Global Medical CenterOrange★★★★★–48%2 h 31 min$3.89
242Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley★★★★★––2 h 38 min$7.75
243Kaiser Foundation Hospital - AntiochAntioch★★★★★★★★★★73%–$5.07
244Community Regional Medical CenterFresno★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 52 min$5.72
245Highland HospitalOakland★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 2 min$3.48
246Mad River Community HospitalArcata★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 2 min$4.81
247Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 26 min$8.30
248Barstow Community HospitalBarstow★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 43 min$10.50
249Ahmc Seton Medical CenterDaly City★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 30 min$5.51
250St Rose HospitalHayward★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 40 min$3.83
251Lac/Harbor-Ucla Med CenterTorrance★★★★★★★★★★61%5 h 13 min$2.89
252Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 10 min$5.77
253Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 28 min$3.37
254Kern Medical CenterBakersfield★★★★★★★★★★60%5 h 6 min$3.02
255Doctors Medical CenterModesto★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 41 min$16.76
256Community Hospital of Huntington ParkHuntington Park★★★★★★★★★★55%3 h 29 min$7.50
257El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro★★★★★★★★★★54%4 h 39 min$4.77
258Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside★★★★★★★★★★52%4 h 8 min$5.70
259Lompoc Valley Medical CenterLompoc★★★★★★★★★★45%2 h 51 min$3.26
260Huntington Beach HospitalHuntington Beach★★★★★★★★★★52%2 h 38 min$4.23
261East Los Angeles Doctors HospitalLos Angeles★★★★★★★★★★50%2 h 52 min$6.14
262Memorial Hospital of GardenaGardena★★★★★★★★★★46%2 h 18 min$6.76
263Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster★★★★★★★★★★44%4 h 24 min$4.50
264Victor Valley Global Medical CenterVictorville★★★★★★★★★★44%3 h 33 min$4.39
265Coast Plaza HospitalNorwalk★★★★★★★★★★41%2 h 37 min$4.78
266Hemet Global Medical CenterHemet★★★★★★★★★★39%3 h 33 min$5.01
267Oroville HospitalOroville★★★★★★★★★★35%4 h 3 min$3.65
268Colusa Medical CenterColusa★★★★★–47%1 h 53 min$3.13
269Coastal Communities HospitalSanta Ana★★★★★–35%3 h 1 min$4.56
270Uci Health - Los AlamitosLos Alamitos★★★★★––3 h 58 min$8.17
271Oak Valley Hospital DistrictOakdale★★★★★––2 h 20 min$3.35
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.