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Hospitals in California with the highest patients would recommend

276 California hospitals ranked by patients would recommend 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 would recommend; 101 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher 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 average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T98Kaiser Foundation HospitalSan Rafael, CA · Acute care8843——14.6%0.96—0.90120Compare
T98Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama CityPanorama City, CA · Acute care8843——14.9%0.92—0.91325Compare
T98Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA · Acute care8843——14.7%1.17—0.86239Compare
T98Kaiser Foundation Hospital MantecaManteca, CA · Acute care8843——14.4%0.93—1.04251Compare
T98Marshall Medical CenterPlacerville, CA · Acute care884311.7%11.3%13.7%0.86176 min0.95111Compare
T98MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley, CA · Acute care884313.0%8.7%14.8%1.03154 min1.05210Compare
T98Providence Queen Of The Valley Medical CenterNapa, CA · Acute care884311.8%12.0%14.5%0.85152 min0.98171Compare
T98Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista, CA · Acute care884311.1%9.3%14.3%1.12194 min0.94306Compare
T98Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula, CA · Acute care884312.8%10.6%15.3%0.95215 min1.04140Compare
T98California Pacific Medical Center-Davies Campus HospitalSan Francisco, CA · Acute care8833—10.0%15.2%0.98160 min0.99153Compare
T98Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South BayHarbor City, CA · Acute care8833——15.3%0.89—0.99251Compare
T98Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LALos Angeles, CA · Acute care8833—9.2%15.6%0.91—1.02293Compare
T98Memorial Medical CenterModesto, CA · Acute care883314.1%12.9%14.7%1.02258 min0.96275Compare
T98Natividad Medical CenterSalinas, CA · Acute care8833—9.5%15.7%1.18158 min1.04172Compare
T98Providence Saint Joseph Medical CenterBurbank, CA · Acute care883311.2%8.0%16.5%0.95200 min1.01360Compare
T98Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley, CA · Acute care883312.2%11.1%14.3%0.83145 min0.97124Compare
T98Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland, CA · Acute care882311.2%10.7%16.0%1.01—0.94396Compare
T98Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San LeandroSan Leandro, CA · Acute care8823——15.3%0.91—1.02108Compare
T98Lac/Olive View-UCLA Medical CenterSylmar, CA · Acute care8823—9.1%15.3%1.14320 min0.83324Compare
T98Ventura County Medical CenterVentura, CA · Acute care882312.1%14.8%16.7%0.95178 min1.00272Compare
T98Washington HospitalFremont, CA · Acute care882312.1%8.9%16.2%0.92169 min0.99265Compare
T98Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma CenterSan Francisco, CA · Acute care882312.2%7.5%15.2%1.12300 min0.91367Compare
T98Highland HospitalOakland, CA · Acute care881311.8%13.3%14.5%1.06182 min1.00613Compare
T98Mad River Community HospitalArcata, CA · Acute care8813—11.2%14.9%1.02122 min0.9180Compare
T125Providence Little Company Of Mary Medical Center TorranceTorrance, CA · Acute care875311.0%8.4%15.1%0.90291 min0.97366Compare
T125Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz, CA · Acute care874412.0%10.5%14.2%1.14183 min1.00222Compare
T125Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa, CA · Acute care874311.5%10.2%14.6%1.22196 min1.08536Compare
T125Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FremontFremont, CA · Acute care8743——14.4%0.97—0.86193Compare
T125Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland HillsWoodland Hills, CA · Acute care8743——14.9%1.00—0.99218Compare
T125Kaiser Foundation Hospital, RiversideRiverside, CA · Acute care8743——14.7%0.85—0.97226Compare
T125Providence Little Co Of Mary Medical Center San PedroSan Pedro, CA · Acute care8743—9.2%15.3%0.89169 min0.98387Compare
T125Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange, CA · Acute care874211.7%9.4%14.8%1.16214 min1.00462Compare
T125Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica, CA · Acute care874311.1%8.4%15.1%0.86185 min1.02317Compare
T125St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff, CA · Acute care8744—13.3%15.1%0.90133 min0.9576Compare
T125Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy, CA · Acute care8743—10.6%13.9%0.84165 min0.9882Compare
T125VA Long Beach Healthcare SystemLong Beach, CA · Veterans Affairs874310.5%7.3%15.4%0.99——1,544Compare
T125VA N California Healthcare SystemMather, CA · Veterans Affairs874413.1%7.8%14.7%1.24——498Compare
T125Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut CreekWalnut Creek, CA · Acute care8733——15.2%1.14—0.88362Compare
T125Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia, CA · Acute care873312.3%14.8%14.4%0.81254 min1.02480Compare
T125Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta Maria, CA · Acute care873315.9%10.7%13.7%0.67175 min0.94227Compare
T125Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael, CA · Acute care873314.6%12.9%14.8%0.77197 min0.99370Compare
T125Northern Inyo HospitalBishop, CA · Critical access8734—14.0%15.0%—115 min—25Compare
T125Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa, CA · Acute care873312.3%11.2%13.5%0.76163 min1.04346Compare
T125San Antonio Regional HospitalUpland, CA · Acute care873311.9%8.9%15.5%1.12257 min1.06363Compare
T125Adventist Health ClearlakeClearlake, CA · Critical access8724—12.6%14.7%—160 min—32Compare
T125Kaiser Foundation Hospital South SacramentoSacramento, CA · Acute care872312.1%9.8%15.8%0.86—0.97241Compare
T125Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care872312.5%11.0%16.5%0.97286 min0.88676Compare
T125MemorialCare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · Acute care872312.0%10.5%15.3%1.09284 min1.11570Compare
T125PIH Health Good Samaritan HospitalLos Angeles, CA · Acute care872212.5%9.3%15.9%1.13230 min1.18408Compare
T125Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CA · Acute care872310.2%8.3%14.9%1.07149 min1.051,337Compare

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 would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, 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).