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Hospitals in California with the lowest medicare spending per patient

269 California hospitals ranked by medicare spending per patient 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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269 hospitals ranked in California by medicare spending per patient; 108 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalMedicare spending per patientlower 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 betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min
T251Montclair Hospital Medical CenterMontclair, CA · Acute care1.2332——15.3%0.90153 min106Compare
T251West Anaheim Medical CenterAnaheim, CA · Acute care1.232210.9%9.5%16.6%0.79190 min219Compare
253Anaheim Global Medical CenterAnaheim, CA · Acute care1.242———14.7%0.97157 min189Compare
254Huntington Beach HospitalHuntington Beach, CA · Acute care1.2511—9.6%14.8%0.90158 min131Compare
255Encino Hospital Medical CenterEncino, CA · Acute care1.2631—10.8%15.6%0.94134 min150Compare
256L A Downtown Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care1.293———19.1%0.84—187Compare
T257Mission Community HospitalPanorama City, CA · Acute care1.3131—8.6%15.1%0.84233 min96Compare
T257Pacifica Hospital Of The ValleySun Valley, CA · Acute care1.31————15.3%0.96227 min242Compare
259Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier, CA · Acute care1.3442—8.9%15.4%0.88103 min178Compare
T260Southern California Hospital At HollywoodHollywood, CA · Acute care1.35319.2%7.9%14.5%0.86237 min579Compare
T260Coast Plaza HospitalNorwalk, CA · Acute care1.3511—10.7%15.2%0.90157 min117Compare
262College Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · Acute care1.363———15.2%0.92322 min157Compare
263Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles, CA · Acute care1.3831—7.4%13.7%0.67151 min180Compare
264Coastal Communities HospitalSanta Ana, CA · Acute care1.401———16.1%0.93181 min178Compare
T265Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustin, CA · Acute care1.4231—10.1%14.9%0.79155 min135Compare
T265Chapman Global Medical CenterOrange, CA · Acute care1.422———15.2%0.98151 min84Compare
T265Good Samaritan Hospital, LPBakersfield, CA · Acute care1.42————14.3%1.05—64Compare
T268Parkview Community Hospital Medical CenterRiverside, CA · Acute care1.4333—11.4%15.2%0.94172 min193Compare
T268Greater El Monte Community HospitalSouth El Monte, CA · Acute care1.4323—12.7%15.3%0.9576 min104Compare

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.

Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
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.
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).