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Hospitals in California with the highest patient survey star rating

276 California hospitals ranked by patient survey star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Scripps Green Hospital, Adventist Health Mendocino Coast, Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. 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 patient survey star rating; 101 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterOverall 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 average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla, CA · Acute care55—8.8%13.9%0.97—0.92173Compare
T1Adventist Health Mendocino CoastFort Bragg, CA · Critical access53—9.0%14.5%—133 min—25Compare
T1Adventist Health Tehachapi ValleyTehachapi, CA · Critical access53—11.6%15.6%—170 min—25Compare
T1Tahoe Forest HospitalTruckee, CA · Critical access53—9.4%14.9%—121 min—72Compare
T160th Medical Group (Travis AFB)Travis Afb, CA · Military5—————139 min—385Compare
T6Adventist Health Howard MemorialWillits, CA · Critical access45—11.3%14.5%—108 min—25Compare
T6Goleta Valley Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara, CA · Acute care45—10.4%14.4%1.08149 min1.01122Compare
T6Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach, CA · Acute care4510.0%11.2%14.9%0.98194 min1.02409Compare
T6Keck Hospital Of USCLos Angeles, CA · Acute care45—7.7%15.8%0.79—0.97285Compare
T6Novato Community HospitalNovato, CA · Acute care45—10.0%14.4%0.85156 min0.9375Compare
T6Palo Alto VA Medical CenterPalo Alto, CA · Veterans Affairs4510.7%8.5%14.6%0.95——2,046Compare
T6Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CA · Acute care4510.0%9.0%14.1%0.81176 min0.97301Compare
T6Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla, CA · Acute care458.9%7.7%13.8%1.38186 min0.97332Compare
T6Sequoia HospitalRedwood City, CA · Acute care4512.5%9.1%14.7%0.91132 min0.94208Compare
T6Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · Acute care459.7%6.3%14.7%0.86276 min0.98613Compare
T6Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn, CA · Acute care45—12.7%13.3%1.04134 min0.9297Compare
T6Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville, CA · Acute care4510.7%9.4%14.6%0.90226 min0.95328Compare
T6VA San Diego Healthcare SystemSan Diego, CA · Veterans Affairs459.5%5.2%14.8%1.00——5Compare
T6Woodland Memorial HospitalWoodland, CA · Acute care45—14.0%14.8%1.03110 min0.89122Compare
T6Community Hospital Of The Monterey PeninsulaMonterey, CA · Acute care4410.0%9.7%14.1%1.48166 min0.94286Compare
T6Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura, CA · Acute care4412.1%10.6%15.2%0.82190 min1.01242Compare
T6Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz, CA · Acute care4412.0%10.5%14.2%1.14183 min1.00222Compare
T6El Camino HealthMountain View, CA · Acute care4411.8%8.9%14.5%1.02163 min1.01471Compare
T6Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - AnaheimAnaheim, CA · Acute care44——15.2%0.88—0.84262Compare
T6Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City, CA · Acute care44——14.8%0.91—0.91153Compare
T6Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego, CA · Acute care44—13.3%13.7%1.01—0.87659Compare
T6Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San MarcosSan Marcos, CA · Acute care44——15.2%0.99—0.89168Compare
T6Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San FranciscoSouth San Francisco, CA · Acute care44——14.9%0.97—0.85120Compare
T6Kaiser Foundation Hospital - VacavilleVacaville, CA · Acute care44——15.0%0.92—0.8672Compare
T6Mercy Medical Center Of Mt ShastaMount Shasta, CA · Critical access44—10.7%14.7%—89 min—33Compare
T6PIH Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier, CA · Acute care4411.3%8.9%16.3%1.08237 min0.96547Compare
T6Providence Redwood Memorial HospitalFortuna, CA · Critical access44—11.6%14.4%—151 min—25Compare
T6Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas, CA · Acute care4412.2%10.7%15.9%0.98197 min0.98263Compare
T6San Francisco VA Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · Veterans Affairs4410.3%7.9%14.4%0.88——120Compare
T6Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara, CA · Acute care4410.5%12.6%14.2%0.94185 min1.01450Compare
T6Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas, CA · Acute care4410.5%7.6%14.5%0.98200 min0.94158Compare
T6Sharp Coronado Hospital And Healthcare CenterCoronado, CA · Acute care44—13.6%14.2%1.22126 min0.85204Compare
T6Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego, CA · Acute care4412.1%7.9%15.4%1.19197 min1.00881Compare
T6St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff, CA · Acute care44—13.3%15.1%0.90133 min0.9576Compare
T6Sutter Amador HospitalJackson, CA · Acute care44—9.6%14.0%1.05136 min0.9652Compare
T6Sutter Davis HospitalDavis, CA · Acute care44—10.6%13.9%0.88144 min0.9057Compare
T6Sutter Lakeside HospitalLakeport, CA · Critical access44—10.7%13.8%—131 min—30Compare
T6UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · Acute care4410.1%6.6%14.0%1.05276 min0.961,019Compare
T6VA N California Healthcare SystemMather, CA · Veterans Affairs4413.1%7.8%14.7%1.24——498Compare
T6Barton Memorial HospitalSouth Lake Tahoe, CA · Acute care43—11.7%15.0%0.88132 min0.8764Compare
T6California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco, CA · Acute care4310.5%9.8%15.0%1.05198 min0.95608Compare
T6Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fontana/OntarioFontana, CA · Acute care43——15.5%0.98—0.93438Compare
T6Mark Twain Medical CenterSan Andreas, CA · Critical access43—10.0%15.2%—123 min—25Compare
T6Mercy General HospitalSacramento, CA · Acute care4313.2%12.8%14.7%1.43170 min1.00419Compare
T6Northern Inyo HospitalBishop, CA · Critical access43—14.0%15.0%—115 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.

Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality 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).