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Hospitals in California with the lowest pneumonia death rate

273 California hospitals ranked by pneumonia 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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273 hospitals ranked in California by pneumonia death rate; 104 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPneumonia death ratelower 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 average15.2%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T198East Los Angeles Doctors HospitalLos Angeles, CA · Acute care16.1%11—12.2%14.9%0.96172 min1.19127Compare
T202Enloe HealthChico, CA · Acute care16.2%3312.4%11.2%15.4%0.99188 min0.99298Compare
T202Mercy General HospitalSacramento, CA · Acute care16.2%3413.2%12.8%14.7%1.43170 min1.00419Compare
T202Sutter Solano Medical CenterVallejo, CA · Acute care16.2%3311.9%11.2%14.3%0.99136 min1.03111Compare
T202Adventist Health And RideoutMarysville, CA · Acute care16.2%2212.3%12.1%15.0%0.90194 min0.98173Compare
T202Doctors Medical CenterModesto, CA · Acute care16.2%1215.2%12.8%16.0%1.36221 min1.03461Compare
T202Hemet Global Medical CenterHemet, CA · Acute care16.2%11—9.0%14.6%0.87213 min1.09433Compare
T202Victor Valley Global Medical CenterVictorville, CA · Acute care16.2%11—10.4%16.3%0.90213 min1.20101Compare
T209Community Hospital Of San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CA · Acute care16.3%32——16.1%1.14153 min1.16347Compare
T209Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding, CA · Acute care16.3%2312.4%12.4%13.5%1.23194 min1.03267Compare
T211Community Hospital Of The Monterey PeninsulaMonterey, CA · Acute care16.4%4410.0%9.7%14.1%1.48166 min0.94286Compare
T211Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterMartinez, CA · Acute care16.4%43—8.8%14.2%1.08171 min0.96164Compare
T211Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA · Acute care16.4%4311.8%12.5%14.8%0.74259 min1.00289Compare
T211Memorial Hospital Los BanosLos Banos, CA · Acute care16.4%33—14.5%15.3%0.94152 min1.0048Compare
T211Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale, CA · Acute care16.4%3211.1%9.9%15.0%0.86142 min1.06157Compare
T211Ventura County Medical CenterVentura, CA · Acute care16.4%2312.1%14.8%16.7%0.95178 min1.00272Compare
T211Glenn Medical CenterWillows, CA · Critical access16.4%————15.4%—131 min—47Compare
218Healdsburg HospitalHealdsburg, CA · Critical access16.5%————15.1%—94 min—26Compare
T219Adventist Health TulareTulare, CA · Acute care16.6%33—11.9%15.0%0.95198 min1.02112Compare
T219Adventist Health Twin CitiesTempleton, CA · Acute care16.6%23—12.7%15.4%0.94139 min0.96114Compare
T219Sonoma Valley HospitalSonoma, CA · Acute care16.6%24—11.0%15.0%1.11119 min1.0183Compare
T222Providence Queen Of The Valley Medical CenterNapa, CA · Acute care16.7%4311.8%12.0%14.5%0.85152 min0.98171Compare
T222Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs, CA · Acute care16.7%2213.9%13.9%15.8%0.77178 min1.04385Compare
T222Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland, CA · Acute care16.7%2311.2%10.7%16.0%1.01—0.94396Compare
T222San Dimas Community HospitalSan Dimas, CA · Acute care16.7%22—9.7%15.5%0.87147 min1.14101Compare
T226Woodland Memorial HospitalWoodland, CA · Acute care16.8%54—14.0%14.8%1.03110 min0.89122Compare
T226Kaiser Foundation Hospital - DowneyDowney, CA · Acute care16.8%43——15.2%1.00—0.88352Compare
T228San Gorgonio Memorial HospitalBanning, CA · Acute care16.9%33—11.4%14.6%0.96194 min1.0779Compare
T228Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta, CA · Acute care16.9%2211.7%11.3%16.4%0.94224 min1.07106Compare
T228Menifee Global Medical CenterSun City, CA · Acute care16.9%—1——16.2%0.97176 min1.1384Compare
T228Plumas District HospitalQuincy, CA · Critical access16.9%————15.1%—120 min—25Compare
232Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside, CA · Acute care17.1%1213.0%10.8%15.3%0.93248 min1.04397Compare
T233Adventist Health Lodi MemorialLodi, CA · Acute care17.2%3311.8%10.7%15.0%0.98188 min1.00190Compare
T233Adventist Health Mendocino CoastFort Bragg, CA · Critical access17.2%35—9.0%14.5%—133 min—25Compare
T233Paradise Valley HospitalNational City, CA · Acute care17.2%3211.2%9.0%16.0%0.87188 min1.07237Compare
T233Sutter Coast HospitalCrescent City, CA · Acute care17.2%24—15.8%13.9%0.95128 min0.9249Compare
T233Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina, CA · Acute care17.2%1213.8%10.1%15.8%0.85190 min1.18193Compare
238Adventist Health DelanoDelano, CA · Acute care17.3%23—9.8%15.0%1.02150 min0.96156Compare
T239John F Kennedy Memorial HospitalIndio, CA · Acute care17.4%2212.8%14.0%15.9%0.91144 min0.97156Compare
T239Barstow Community HospitalBarstow, CA · Acute care17.4%13——14.6%1.30163 min1.0456Compare
T241Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA · Acute care17.5%53—10.3%15.2%0.98—0.90507Compare
T241Mercy Medical CenterMerced, CA · Acute care17.5%3311.7%11.3%15.1%0.74224 min0.95186Compare
T243Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley, CA · Acute care17.6%4311.7%11.1%14.9%0.81194 min1.07155Compare
T243Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis, CA · Acute care17.6%2313.4%14.0%15.4%1.16242 min1.05352Compare
T243Kaiser Foundation Hospital And Rehab CenterVallejo, CA · Acute care17.6%2412.6%—14.6%0.97—0.87475Compare
T246Watsonville Community HospitalWatsonville, CA · Acute care17.7%23—13.6%15.6%0.88170 min0.96106Compare
T246Kern Medical CenterBakersfield, CA · Acute care17.7%12—11.5%15.3%1.01306 min0.98222Compare
T248Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura, CA · Acute care17.8%4412.1%10.6%15.2%0.82190 min1.01242Compare
T248Adventist Health HanfordHanford, CA · Acute care17.8%3312.4%13.5%15.1%0.76180 min0.99235Compare
T250Adventist Health Tehachapi ValleyTehachapi, CA · Critical access17.9%35—11.6%15.6%—170 min—25Compare

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.

Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
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).