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Hospitals in California

California has 378 licensed hospitals listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,618 cities. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

378 licensed hospitals listed · 280 with CMS star ratings.

Hospital context in California

Hospital pages on ElderCareCosts are for discharge planning and local context in California, not residential care shopping and not a cost-of-care index. Inpatient hospital bills are insurance-negotiated and episode-specific. We do not publish a local hospital cost table.

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CMS rating distribution in California

CMS overall star ratings for 280 hospitals in California. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in California
CMS starsProviders
5 stars29
4 stars87
3 stars76
2 stars59
1 star29

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California licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for California are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in California

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in California resolve concerns about care and rights. Call 1-800-231-4024.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

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Cities in California

Showing the 500 largest of 1,618 tracked cities.

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Counties in California

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many hospitals providers each county holds.

Hospitals by county in California

Hospitals providers in California

Sample of licensed hospitals listed for California. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many hospitals are listed in California?

We currently list 378 licensed hospitals across California.

Which cities in California have hospitals listings?

We track 1618 California cities for hospitals. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in California: 378 added · 504 updated. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed hospitals in California are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Hospitals in California. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospitals/california/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Hospitals in California." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospitals/california/.

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