Hospital rankings
Hospitals in California with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
306 California hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | 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 | Stroke death ratelower is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| T300 | West Anaheim Medical Center | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 13.8%, 72nd percentile | 6.5%, 95th percentile | — | 16.0%, 8th percentile | Compare West Anaheim Medical Center |
| T302 | Riverside Community Hospital | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 8.1%, 94th percentile | 11.3%, 95th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 11.9%, 45th percentile | Compare Riverside Community Hospital |
| T302 | Ventura County Medical Center | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 8.0%, 63rd percentile | — | 8.8%, 95th percentile | Compare Ventura County Medical Center |
| 304 | Centinela Hospital Medical Center | 17.3%, 0th percentile | 9.6%, 98th percentile | 6.0%, 100th percentile | 12.8%, 84th percentile | 6.4%, 96th percentile | — | 8.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Centinela Hospital Medical Center |
| 305 | L A Downtown Medical Center | 19.1%, 0th percentile | — | — | 10.3%, 98th percentile | 7.2%, 85th percentile | — | — | Compare L A Downtown Medical Center |
| 306 | Oroville Hospital | 19.3%, 0th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 8.6%, 90th percentile | 12.8%, 84th percentile | 5.3%, 100th percentile | — | 19.1%, 3rd percentile | Compare Oroville Hospital |
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.