Hospital rankings
Hospitals in California with the lowest stroke death rate
233 California hospitals ranked by stroke 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.
| # | Hospital | Stroke death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 15.0% | ||
| T199 | Palomar Health Downtown Campus | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 13.1%, 13th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 16.1%, 36th percentile | 11.3%, 4th percentile | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Palomar Health Downtown Campus |
| T202 | Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 7.7%, 96th percentile | 14.5%, 61st percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | — | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center |
| T202 | Desert Regional Medical Center | 13.7%, 21st percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Desert Regional Medical Center |
| 204 | Mercy Hospital Of Folsom | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 13.6%, 74th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Mercy Hospital Of Folsom |
| 205 | AHMC Seton Medical Center | 13.9%, 19th percentile | 13.4%, 9th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 18.9%, 9th percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare AHMC Seton Medical Center |
| 206 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca | 14.0%, 18th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca |
| T207 | John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus | 14.1%, 17th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 6.4%, 96th percentile | — | 13.0%, 99th percentile | Compare John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus |
| T207 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital And Rehab Center | 14.1%, 17th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | — | 17.6%, 17th percentile | — | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital And Rehab Center |
| 209 | John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 12.8%, 19th percentile | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 10.5%, 10th percentile | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital |
| T210 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco | 14.3%, 16th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco |
| T210 | Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital | 14.3%, 16th percentile | 13.8%, 5th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | 3.9%, 5th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital |
| 212 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch | 14.4%, 15th percentile | — | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.4%, 46th percentile | — | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch |
| 213 | UCI Health-Lakewood | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare UCI Health-Lakewood |
| T214 | Chino Valley Medical Center | 14.6%, 13th percentile | — | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 14.0%, 69th percentile | — | — | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Chino Valley Medical Center |
| T214 | Sutter Tracy Community Hospital | 14.6%, 13th percentile | — | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 13.3%, 79th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | — | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Sutter Tracy Community Hospital |
| 216 | Providence St. Joseph Hospital | 14.9%, 12th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 12.7%, 85th percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Providence St. Joseph Hospital |
| T217 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA | 15.1%, 11th percentile | — | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LA |
| T217 | Antelope Valley Hospital | 15.1%, 11th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 21.7%, 1st percentile | 11.4%, 4th percentile | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Antelope Valley Hospital |
| T217 | Valley Presbyterian Hospital | 15.1%, 11th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 9.0%, 86th percentile | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Valley Presbyterian Hospital |
| 220 | Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | 15.3%, 11th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 16.3%, 4th percentile | Compare Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| 221 | Tri-City Medical Center | 15.6%, 9th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 10.1%, 14th percentile | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Tri-City Medical Center |
| 222 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/Ontario | 15.8%, 9th percentile | — | — | 16.0%, 38th percentile | — | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/Ontario |
| 223 | Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville | 15.9%, 8th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville |
| 224 | West Anaheim Medical Center | 16.0%, 8th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 13.8%, 72nd percentile | 6.5%, 95th percentile | — | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | Compare West Anaheim Medical Center |
| 225 | Eisenhower Medical Center | 16.3%, 7th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 10.3%, 11th percentile | 1.8%, 85th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Eisenhower Medical Center |
| 226 | Monterey Park Hospital | 16.5%, 6th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 13.7%, 73rd percentile | — | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Monterey Park Hospital |
| 227 | Corona Regional Medical Center | 16.6%, 6th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 12.1%, 28th percentile | 14.6%, 60th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Corona Regional Medical Center |
| 228 | San Antonio Regional Hospital | 16.7%, 6th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 15.7%, 42nd percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare San Antonio Regional Hospital |
| 229 | Arrowhead Regional Medical Center | 17.7%, 4th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 14.3%, 64th percentile | — | — | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Arrowhead Regional Medical Center |
| 230 | Oroville Hospital | 19.1%, 3rd percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 8.6%, 90th percentile | 12.8%, 84th percentile | 5.3%, 100th percentile | — | 19.3%, 0th percentile | Compare Oroville Hospital |
| 231 | Redlands Community Hospital | 19.4%, 2nd percentile | — | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 15.2%, 50th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | — | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Redlands Community Hospital |
| 232 | Sherman Oaks Hospital | 19.7%, 2nd percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 11.9%, 92nd percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Sherman Oaks Hospital |
| 233 | Fairchild Medical Center | 23.7%, 1st percentile | — | 15.8%, 2nd percentile | 19.3%, 7th percentile | 12.1%, 2nd percentile | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Fairchild Medical Center |
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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.