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Hospitals in California with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

271 California hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty 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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271 hospitals ranked in California by readmissions penalty; 106 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalReadmissions penaltyhigher 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 betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average−0.34%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Fresno Surgical HospitalFresno, CA · Acute care0.00%—4——14.4%0.82—0.9831Compare
T1Good Samaritan Hospital, LPBakersfield, CA · Acute care0.00%————14.3%1.05—1.4264Compare
T1Hoag Orthopedic InstituteIrvine, CA · Acute care0.00%—4——12.8%0.94—0.8870Compare
T1Pacifica Hospital Of The ValleySun Valley, CA · Acute care0.00%————15.3%0.96227 min1.31242Compare
T1Stanislaus Surgical HospitalModesto, CA · Acute care0.00%—————0.97———Compare
T1Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center Of Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA · Acute care0.00%—4——14.3%1.01—0.8630Compare
T57Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care−0.01%538.3%5.5%14.3%1.06355 min1.04877Compare
T57St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · Acute care−0.01%5211.1%8.3%14.0%1.00150 min1.10539Compare
T57Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn, CA · Acute care−0.01%54—12.7%13.3%1.04134 min0.9297Compare
T57Chino Valley Medical CenterChino, CA · Acute care−0.01%42—9.1%16.1%0.88174 min1.03112Compare
T57Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura, CA · Acute care−0.01%4412.1%10.6%15.2%0.82190 min1.01242Compare
T57Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care−0.01%439.5%7.9%14.5%0.90312 min0.99445Compare
T57Mercy HospitalBakersfield, CA · Acute care−0.01%3211.2%11.3%15.3%1.09193 min1.04211Compare
T57Natividad Medical CenterSalinas, CA · Acute care−0.01%33—9.5%15.7%1.18158 min1.04172Compare
T57Dameron HospitalStockton, CA · Acute care−0.01%2212.0%13.5%14.8%0.89152 min1.05211Compare
T57Hi-Desert Medical CenterJoshua Tree, CA · Acute care−0.01%22—11.1%15.2%0.97154 min0.9259Compare
T57Kaiser Foundation Hospital And Rehab CenterVallejo, CA · Acute care−0.01%2412.6%—14.6%0.97—0.87475Compare
T68MarinHealth Medical CenterGreenbrae, CA · Acute care−0.02%539.6%9.5%13.7%1.04176 min0.98325Compare
T68Novato Community HospitalNovato, CA · Acute care−0.02%54—10.0%14.4%0.85156 min0.9375Compare
T68Providence Queen Of The Valley Medical CenterNapa, CA · Acute care−0.02%4311.8%12.0%14.5%0.85152 min0.98171Compare
T68Providence St Joseph HospitalEureka, CA · Acute care−0.02%4312.3%13.0%12.5%0.68174 min0.96140Compare
T68Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange, CA · Acute care−0.02%4211.7%9.4%14.8%1.16214 min1.00462Compare
T68St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard, CA · Acute care−0.02%438.7%10.1%13.9%0.85165 min1.02265Compare
T68Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LALos Angeles, CA · Acute care−0.02%33—9.2%15.6%0.91—1.02293Compare
T68Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/OntarioFontana, CA · Acute care−0.02%34——15.5%0.98—0.93438Compare
T68El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro, CA · Acute care−0.02%1211.8%12.1%15.3%0.89279 min0.97161Compare
T77Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - AnaheimAnaheim, CA · Acute care−0.03%44——15.2%0.88—0.84262Compare
T77MemorialCare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills, CA · Acute care−0.03%4311.2%11.3%13.6%0.98206 min1.06325Compare
T77Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento, CA · Acute care−0.03%4310.2%11.8%14.9%0.99192 min1.00523Compare
T77College Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · Acute care−0.03%3———15.2%0.92322 min1.36157Compare
T77Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin ParkBaldwin Park, CA · Acute care−0.03%33——14.6%1.02—1.00269Compare
T77Lac/Olive View-UCLA Medical CenterSylmar, CA · Acute care−0.03%23—9.1%15.3%1.14320 min0.83324Compare
T77Sonoma Valley HospitalSonoma, CA · Acute care−0.03%24—11.0%15.0%1.11119 min1.0183Compare
T84Barton Memorial HospitalSouth Lake Tahoe, CA · Acute care−0.04%34—11.7%15.0%0.88132 min0.8764Compare
T84Pioneers Memorial Healthcare DistrictBrawley, CA · Acute care−0.04%32—10.8%15.0%1.15191 min0.8799Compare
T84Greater El Monte Community HospitalSouth El Monte, CA · Acute care−0.04%23—12.7%15.3%0.9576 min1.43104Compare
T84Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San LeandroSan Leandro, CA · Acute care−0.04%23——15.3%0.91—1.02108Compare
T84Coast Plaza HospitalNorwalk, CA · Acute care−0.04%11—10.7%15.2%0.90157 min1.35117Compare
T84Mad River Community HospitalArcata, CA · Acute care−0.04%13—11.2%14.9%1.02122 min0.9180Compare
T84San Mateo Medical CenterSan Mateo, CA · Acute care−0.04%—3——14.4%0.97170 min0.91103Compare
T91French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo, CA · Acute care−0.05%5311.3%13.7%13.3%0.71164 min0.93135Compare
T91Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley, CA · Acute care−0.05%4311.7%11.1%14.9%0.81194 min1.07155Compare
T91Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy, CA · Acute care−0.05%43—10.6%13.9%0.84165 min0.9882Compare
T91San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland, CA · Acute care−0.05%3311.9%8.9%15.5%1.12257 min1.06363Compare
T91Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterTorrance, CA · Acute care−0.05%1212.6%8.8%16.3%1.40313 min0.89553Compare
T96Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville, CA · Acute care−0.06%5410.7%9.4%14.6%0.90226 min0.95328Compare
T96Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa, CA · Acute care−0.06%5311.8%10.5%14.4%1.03212 min0.96170Compare
T96UCSan Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical CenterSan Diego, CA · Acute care−0.06%539.1%7.8%14.3%1.02259 min0.99600Compare
T96Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez, CA · Acute care−0.06%43—8.8%14.2%1.08171 min0.96164Compare
T96UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · Acute care−0.06%4410.1%6.6%14.0%1.05276 min0.961,019Compare

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.

Readmissions penalty
Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no penalty..
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).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
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).