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Hospitals in California with the lowest serious complications

276 California hospitals ranked by serious complications 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 serious complications; 101 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better	Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better	MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better	C. diff infectionslower is better	Compare
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T47	PIH Health Downey HospitalDowney, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	1.20, 10th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.16, 68th percentile	Compare PIH Health Downey Hospital
T47	Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.60, 39th percentile	0.63, 29th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.27, 12th percentile	1.07, 5th percentile	Compare Saint John's Health Center
T47	Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.36, 61st percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.17, 80th percentile	0.02, 80th percentile	Compare Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
T47	Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdale, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.35, 55th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.35, 71st percentile	0.16, 68th percentile	Compare Palmdale Regional Medical Center
T47	Southern California Hospital At HollywoodHollywood, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Southern California Hospital At Hollywood
T47	Emanuel Medical CenterTurlock, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	—	0.91, 15th percentile	1.00, 31st percentile	—	0.84, 31st percentile	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare Emanuel Medical Center
T47	Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterGarden Grove, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	1.95, 3rd percentile	—	—	—	—	0.12, 72nd percentile	Compare Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center
T47	Kaiser Foundation Hospital South SacramentoSacramento, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.72, 30th percentile	0.52, 38th percentile	1.49, 14th percentile	—	1.21, 13th percentile	0.40, 33rd percentile	Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital South Sacramento
T47	Memorial Hospital Of GardenaGardena, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	2.35, 1st percentile	0.21, 60th percentile	Compare Memorial Hospital Of Gardena
T47	Valley Presbyterian HospitalVan Nuys, CA · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	1.06, 14th percentile	0.57, 34th percentile	0.94, 34th percentile	—	0.87, 29th percentile	0.05, 79th percentile	Compare Valley Presbyterian Hospital
T61	Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley, CA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.48, 50th percentile	0.21, 67th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.79, 35th percentile	0.30, 47th percentile	Compare Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp
T61	California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco, CA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.60, 31st percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.62, 6th percentile	0.32, 44th percentile	Compare California Pacific Medical Center - Mission Bernal
T61	Adventist Health SonoraSonora, CA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	—	0.61, 30th percentile	—	—	—	0.18, 64th percentile	Compare Adventist Health Sonora
T61	La Palma Intercommunity HospitalLa Palma, CA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.15, 69th percentile	Compare La Palma Intercommunity Hospital
T61	Paradise Valley HospitalNational City, CA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.13, 71st percentile	Compare Paradise Valley Hospital
T61	San Dimas Community HospitalSan Dimas, CA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	1.10, 4th percentile	Compare San Dimas Community Hospital
T61	Hemet Global Medical CenterHemet, CA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.23, 71st percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.44, 64th percentile	0.32, 44th percentile	Compare Hemet Global Medical Center
T68	Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.27, 68th percentile	0.72, 24th percentile	0.72, 50th percentile	—	1.43, 9th percentile	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
T68	Chino Valley Medical CenterChino, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare Chino Valley Medical Center
T68	Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - AnaheimAnaheim, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.55, 44th percentile	0.65, 28th percentile	1.41, 17th percentile	—	0.68, 43rd percentile	0.46, 27th percentile	Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim
T68	San Francisco VA Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · Veterans Affairs	0.88, 78th percentile	0.67, 34th percentile	0.89, 15th percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare San Francisco VA Medical Center
T68	Sutter Davis HospitalDavis, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.35, 39th percentile	Compare Sutter Davis Hospital
T68	Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	—	0.57, 34th percentile	—	—	—	0.27, 52nd percentile	Compare Whittier Hospital Medical Center
T68	Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.34, 62nd percentile	0.10, 74th percentile	0.39, 71st percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.71, 40th percentile	0.11, 74th percentile	Compare Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
T68	Barton Memorial HospitalSouth Lake Tahoe, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Barton Memorial Hospital
T68	Sutter Delta Medical CenterAntioch, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.96, 33rd percentile	—	—	0.17, 66th percentile	Compare Sutter Delta Medical Center
T68	Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.73, 30th percentile	0.86, 17th percentile	0.24, 78th percentile	—	0.79, 34th percentile	0.35, 39th percentile	Compare Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
T68	UCI Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	1.24, 9th percentile	0.40, 50th percentile	1.25, 22nd percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	1.01, 20th percentile	0.49, 26th percentile	Compare UCI Health - Fountain Valley
T68	Watsonville Community HospitalWatsonville, CA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.35, 39th percentile	Compare Watsonville Community Hospital
T80	Alameda HospitalAlameda, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Alameda Hospital
T80	Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	—	0.33, 43rd percentile	Compare Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
T80	Petaluma Valley HospitalPetaluma, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.31, 46th percentile	Compare Petaluma Valley Hospital
T80	Providence Little Co Of Mary Medical Center San PedroSan Pedro, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.69, 13th percentile	Compare Providence Little Co Of Mary Medical Center San Pedro
T80	Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South BayHarbor City, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	1.08, 13th percentile	0.75, 22nd percentile	0.82, 43rd percentile	—	0.59, 51st percentile	0.33, 43rd percentile	Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay
T80	Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	0.84, 23rd percentile	1.00, 12th percentile	0.61, 57th percentile	—	0.88, 28th percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
T80	Dameron HospitalStockton, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	0.68, 33rd percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	18.37, 0th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Dameron Hospital
T80	El Centro Regional Medical CenterEl Centro, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	2.85, 1st percentile	2.30, 1st percentile	—	—	—	2.46, 0th percentile	Compare El Centro Regional Medical Center
T80	Casa Colina HospitalPomona, CA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Casa Colina Hospital
T89	Providence Little Company Of Mary Medical Center TorranceTorrance, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.89, 20th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.36, 72nd percentile	—	0.23, 79th percentile	0.47, 27th percentile	Compare Providence Little Company Of Mary Medical Center Torrance
T89	Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.26, 69th percentile	0.07, 75th percentile	0.41, 69th percentile	—	0.36, 70th percentile	0.13, 71st percentile	Compare Sutter Roseville Medical Center
T89	AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical CenterAnaheim, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.40, 50th percentile	—	—	0.75, 37th percentile	0.09, 75th percentile	Compare AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
T89	Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.61, 39th percentile	0.59, 32nd percentile	0.63, 56th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.56, 54th percentile	0.50, 24th percentile	Compare Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
T89	St Elizabeth Community HospitalRed Bluff, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.46, 28th percentile	Compare St Elizabeth Community Hospital
T89	UCI Health-OrangeOrange, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.56, 43rd percentile	0.42, 47th percentile	0.45, 67th percentile	0.55, 69th percentile	0.36, 71st percentile	0.55, 21st percentile	Compare UCI Health-Orange
T89	USC Verdugo Hills HospitalGlendale, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	1.73, 4th percentile	0.26, 62nd percentile	—	—	—	0.19, 63rd percentile	Compare USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
T89	Montclair Hospital Medical CenterMontclair, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	1.04, 14th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.26, 52nd percentile	Compare Montclair Hospital Medical Center
T89	Adventist Health And RideoutMarysville, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.25, 70th percentile	0.18, 69th percentile	0.45, 67th percentile	—	1.64, 6th percentile	0.28, 50th percentile	Compare Adventist Health And Rideout
T89	Shasta Regional Medical CenterRedding, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	—	Compare Shasta Regional Medical Center
T89	Coast Plaza HospitalNorwalk, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.57, 34th percentile	—	—	—	0.30, 47th percentile	Compare Coast Plaza Hospital
T89	Huntington Beach HospitalHuntington Beach, CA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	—	—	—	—	—	1.63, 2nd percentile	Compare Huntington Beach 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.

Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Central line bloodstream infections: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (hysterectomy): Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
MRSA bloodstream infections: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
C. diff infections: Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).