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Hospitals in California with the lowest COPD death rate

214 California hospitals ranked by COPD death rate 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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214 hospitals ranked in California by copd death rate; 163 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterPneumonia death ratelower is betterCABG surgery death ratelower is betterStroke death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data
National average8.6%11.9%11.1%15.2%2.4%11.9%15.0%
201El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro, CA · Acute care10.2%11.8%12.1%18.0%—12.4%15.3%Compare
T202Providence Little Company Of Mary Medical Center TorranceTorrance, CA · Acute care10.3%11.0%8.4%14.2%2.0%10.5%15.1%Compare
T202Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA · Acute care10.3%11.8%12.5%16.4%1.8%16.3%14.8%Compare
T202California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco, CA · Acute care10.3%10.5%9.8%14.3%2.6%10.1%15.0%Compare
205John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalIndio, CA · Acute care10.5%12.8%14.0%17.4%—14.2%15.9%Compare
T206Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs, CA · Acute care10.6%13.9%13.9%16.7%—13.7%15.8%Compare
T206Lompoc Valley Medical CenterLompoc, CA · Acute care10.6%—13.6%21.1%—11.4%15.9%Compare
208Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton, CA · Acute care10.7%11.1%10.5%15.6%2.1%10.6%14.1%Compare
209Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock, CA · Acute care10.8%11.9%12.0%15.9%—12.3%15.4%Compare
210St Rose HospitalHayward, CA · Acute care11.0%13.2%11.2%20.6%——16.5%Compare
211Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido, CA · Acute care11.3%13.1%11.4%16.1%2.4%13.6%14.0%Compare
212Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster, CA · Acute care11.4%11.5%14.5%21.7%—15.1%15.4%Compare
213Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville, CA · Acute care11.5%11.5%12.2%21.4%—11.8%14.9%Compare
214Fairchild Medical CenterYreka, CA · Critical access12.1%—15.8%19.3%—23.7%15.4%Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke 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.