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Hospitals in California with the lowest time in emergency department

267 California hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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267 hospitals ranked in California by time in emergency department; 110 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalTime in emergency departmentlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average162 min3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.001.00
T250Huntington HospitalPasadena, CA · Acute care268 min—38.8%9.4%15.9%0.901.03625Compare
T252Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · Acute care276 min549.7%6.3%14.7%0.860.98613Compare
T252UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · Acute care276 min4410.1%6.6%14.0%1.050.961,019Compare
254El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro, CA · Acute care279 min1211.8%12.1%15.3%0.890.97161Compare
255MemorialCare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · Acute care284 min2312.0%10.5%15.3%1.091.11570Compare
256Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care286 min2312.5%11.0%16.5%0.970.88676Compare
257Providence Little Company Of Mary Medical Center TorranceTorrance, CA · Acute care291 min5311.0%8.4%15.1%0.900.97366Compare
258Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma CenterSan Francisco, CA · Acute care300 min2312.2%7.5%15.2%1.120.91367Compare
259Kern Medical CenterBakersfield, CA · Acute care306 min12—11.5%15.3%1.010.98222Compare
260Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care312 min439.5%7.9%14.5%0.900.99445Compare
261Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterTorrance, CA · Acute care313 min1212.6%8.8%16.3%1.400.89553Compare
262UCI Health-OrangeOrange, CA · Acute care318 min4212.2%10.3%14.7%0.901.02415Compare
263Lac/Olive View-UCLA Medical CenterSylmar, CA · Acute care320 min23—9.1%15.3%1.140.83324Compare
264College Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · Acute care322 min3———15.2%0.921.36157Compare
265University Of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento, CA · Acute care328 min4311.2%9.7%15.2%0.981.00631Compare
266Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care355 min538.3%5.5%14.3%1.061.04877Compare
267Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda, CA · Acute care413 min4311.9%9.1%14.9%0.710.99533Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).