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Hospitals in California with the highest patients' overall rating

276 California hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating 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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276 hospitals ranked in California by patients' overall rating; 101 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients' overall ratinghigher 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 average883.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T95Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley, CA · Acute care884311.7%11.1%14.9%0.81194 min1.07155Compare
T95Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA · Acute care884311.8%12.5%14.8%0.74259 min1.00289Compare
T95John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord, CA · Acute care884310.4%8.0%14.0%1.02145 min0.97303Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama CityPanorama City, CA · Acute care8843——14.9%0.92—0.91325Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA · Acute care8843——14.7%1.17—0.86239Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital MantecaManteca, CA · Acute care8843——14.4%0.93—1.04251Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital, RiversideRiverside, CA · Acute care8843——14.7%0.85—0.97226Compare
T95MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley, CA · Acute care884313.0%8.7%14.8%1.03154 min1.05210Compare
T95PIH Health Downey HospitalDowney, CA · Acute care884310.9%9.5%16.5%0.86242 min0.99199Compare
T95Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista, CA · Acute care884311.1%9.3%14.3%1.12194 min0.94306Compare
T95St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard, CA · Acute care88438.7%10.1%13.9%0.85165 min1.02265Compare
T95Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy, CA · Acute care8843—10.6%13.9%0.84165 min0.9882Compare
T95Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula, CA · Acute care884312.8%10.6%15.3%0.95215 min1.04140Compare
T95Enloe HealthChico, CA · Acute care883312.4%11.2%15.4%0.99188 min0.99298Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin ParkBaldwin Park, CA · Acute care8833——14.6%1.02—1.00269Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South BayHarbor City, CA · Acute care8833——15.3%0.89—0.99251Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa RosaSanta Rosa, CA · Acute care8833——15.1%0.95—0.88173Compare
T95Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia, CA · Acute care883312.3%14.8%14.4%0.81254 min1.02480Compare
T95Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria, CA · Acute care883315.9%10.7%13.7%0.67175 min0.94227Compare
T95Memorial Hospital Los BanosLos Banos, CA · Acute care8833—14.5%15.3%0.94152 min1.0048Compare
T95Memorial Medical CenterModesto, CA · Acute care883314.1%12.9%14.7%1.02258 min0.96275Compare
T95Providence Saint Joseph Medical CenterBurbank, CA · Acute care883311.2%8.0%16.5%0.95200 min1.01360Compare
T95Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley, CA · Acute care883312.2%11.1%14.3%0.83145 min0.97124Compare
T95VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare SystemLos Angeles, CA · Veterans Affairs883311.7%5.5%16.0%0.97——1,327Compare
T95Fairchild Medical CenterYreka, CA · Critical access8823—15.8%15.4%—140 min—28Compare
T95John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek, CA · Acute care882310.0%9.8%13.0%1.14171 min1.02296Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland, CA · Acute care882311.2%10.7%16.0%1.01—0.94396Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital South SacramentoSacramento, CA · Acute care882312.1%9.8%15.8%0.86—0.97241Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraSanta Clara, CA · Acute care8823——14.9%1.02—1.01327Compare
T95Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care882312.5%11.0%16.5%0.97286 min0.88676Compare
T95Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CA · Acute care882310.2%8.3%14.9%1.07149 min1.051,337Compare
T95Sutter Coast HospitalCrescent City, CA · Acute care8824—15.8%13.9%0.95128 min0.9249Compare
T95Ventura County Medical CenterVentura, CA · Acute care882312.1%14.8%16.7%0.95178 min1.00272Compare
T95Washington HospitalFremont, CA · Acute care882312.1%8.9%16.2%0.92169 min0.99265Compare
T95Barstow Community HospitalBarstow, CA · Acute care8813——14.6%1.30163 min1.0456Compare
T95Garfield Medical CenterMonterey Park, CA · Acute care881312.4%11.4%16.0%0.97146 min1.16210Compare
T95Kaiser Foundation Hospital - AntiochAntioch, CA · Acute care8813—12.5%15.5%1.14—0.97150Compare
T95Mad River Community HospitalArcata, CA · Acute care8813—11.2%14.9%1.02122 min0.9180Compare
T95Adventist Health ReedleyReedley, CA · Acute care88—3——14.7%—144 min1.0649Compare
T95Huntington HospitalPasadena, CA · Acute care88—38.8%9.4%15.9%0.90268 min1.03625Compare
T141Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz, CA · Acute care874412.0%10.5%14.2%1.14183 min1.00222Compare
T141Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa, CA · Acute care874311.5%10.2%14.6%1.22196 min1.08536Compare
T141Kaiser Foundation HospitalSan Rafael, CA · Acute care8743——14.6%0.96—0.90120Compare
T141Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FremontFremont, CA · Acute care8743——14.4%0.97—0.86193Compare
T141Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland HillsWoodland Hills, CA · Acute care8743——14.9%1.00—0.99218Compare
T141Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Moreno ValleyMoreno Valley, CA · Acute care8743——14.9%0.96——101Compare
T141Providence Queen Of The Valley Medical CenterNapa, CA · Acute care874311.8%12.0%14.5%0.85152 min0.98171Compare
T141Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange, CA · Acute care874211.7%9.4%14.8%1.16214 min1.00462Compare
T141Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego, CA · Acute care874311.1%10.5%15.3%0.92194 min1.04700Compare
T141USC Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale, CA · Acute care874312.0%7.4%15.8%0.90243 min0.99158Compare

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.

Patients' overall rating
HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
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).