Hospital rankings
Hospitals in California with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
210 California hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 201 | Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital | 1.48, 6th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 1.90, 2nd percentile | 0.27, 77th percentile | — | 0.61, 48th percentile | 0.67, 14th percentile | Compare Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital |
| 202 | MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center | 1.65, 4th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 0.16, 71st percentile | 0.85, 41st percentile | 3.23, 4th percentile | 1.23, 13th percentile | 0.43, 30th percentile | Compare MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center |
| 203 | USC Verdugo Hills Hospital | 1.73, 4th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 0.26, 62nd percentile | — | — | — | 0.19, 63rd percentile | Compare USC Verdugo Hills Hospital |
| 204 | UCI Health - Los Alamitos | 1.75, 4th percentile | 1.19, 11th percentile | 0.87, 16th percentile | 0.85, 40th percentile | — | 1.73, 5th percentile | 0.35, 39th percentile | Compare UCI Health - Los Alamitos |
| 205 | Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center | 1.95, 3rd percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | — | — | — | — | 0.12, 72nd percentile | Compare Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center |
| 206 | Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital | 2.02, 2nd percentile | 1.22, 9th percentile | 0.41, 49th percentile | 1.09, 28th percentile | — | 1.07, 19th percentile | 0.21, 61st percentile | Compare Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital |
| 207 | Garfield Medical Center | 2.04, 2nd percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 0.92, 14th percentile | 2.34, 3rd percentile | — | 1.26, 12th percentile | 0.54, 21st percentile | Compare Garfield Medical Center |
| 208 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills | 2.67, 1st percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 1.23, 8th percentile | 0.24, 78th percentile | — | 0.36, 70th percentile | 0.43, 30th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills |
| 209 | El Centro Regional Medical Center | 2.85, 1st percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 2.30, 1st percentile | — | — | — | 2.46, 0th percentile | Compare El Centro Regional Medical Center |
| 210 | Adventist Health Simi Valley | 3.42, 1st percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 2.75, 1st percentile | 0.16, 68th percentile | Compare Adventist Health Simi Valley |
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.
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).