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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.

280 of them have a CMS star rating.

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 We do not publish a local hospital cost table.

If a discharge is coming this week, start with the care setting you need next (skilled nursing, home health, assisted living) and the funding path. Answer 3 questions or browse cost of care by care type.

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.

Find your local ombudsman

Medicaid programs for care at home

National helplines

Cities in California

Don't see your city? Search for it, or start from the nearest larger one.

Counties in California

Hospitals by county in California

Hospitals providers in California

Some of the licensed hospitals in California. Open a city page for the full local list.

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Frequently asked questions

Which cities in California have hospitals listings?

California has hospitals listings in 1,618 cities and towns. Find yours in the city list on this page, or search for it by name.

We last pulled this list from our sources on Nov 2. That is when our records were refreshed, not a check of each listing.

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