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 We do not publish a local hospital cost table.
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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.
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California licensing & regulation
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.
Medicaid programs for care at home
- Medi-Cal long-term services and supports (LTSS). State Medicaid / LTSS entry point (DHCS Medi-Cal). Use for HCBS pathway discovery alongside named waivers.
National helplines
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Cities in California
Don't see your city? Search for it, or start from the nearest larger one.
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- San Jose
- San Francisco
- Fresno
- Sacramento
- Long Beach
- Oakland
- Bakersfield
- Anaheim
- Stockton
- Riverside
- Santa Ana
- Irvine
- Chula Vista
- Santa Clarita
- Fremont
- San Bernardino
- Modesto
- Fontana
- Moreno Valley
- Oxnard
- Huntington Beach
- Glendale
- Ontario
- Elk Grove
- Santa Rosa
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Oceanside
- Garden Grove
Show the other 34 cities in California
- Lancaster
- Palmdale
- Salinas
- Corona
- Hayward
- Roseville
- Sunnyvale
- Escondido
- Pomona
- Visalia
- Torrance
- Fullerton
- Orange
- Victorville
- Pasadena
- Santa Clara
- Simi Valley
- Thousand Oaks
- Clovis
- Vallejo
- Concord
- Fairfield
- Berkeley
- Antioch
- Richmond
- Carlsbad
- Murrieta
- East Los Angeles
- Temecula
- Downey
- Santa Maria
- Costa Mesa
- Menifee
- San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Counties in California
- Los Angeles County88
- Orange County27
- San Bernardino County22
- San Diego County22
- Riverside County17
- Alameda County15
- Sacramento County14
- San Francisco County13
- Santa Clara County12
- Kern County10
- Contra Costa County8
- Fresno County8
- San Joaquin County8
- Sonoma County7
- Ventura County7
- San Mateo County6
- Santa Barbara County6
- Solano County6
- Humboldt County5
- Stanislaus County5
- Monterey County4
- Santa Cruz County4
- Shasta County4
- Tulare County4
- Butte County3
- Madera County3
- Marin County3
- Mendocino County3
- Napa County3
- Placer County3
- Plumas County3
- San Luis Obispo County3
Hospitals providers in California
Some of the licensed hospitals in California. Open a city page for the full local list.
Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, LLC
Aliso Ridge Behavioral Health, LLC
Glendora Hospital
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, LLC
San Jose Behavioral Health
Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility
Santa Cruz County Psychiatric Health Facility
Aurora Behavioral Healthcare-Santa Rosa, LLC
Kaiser Permanente Psychiatric Health Facility-Sant
Willow Rock Center
Tarzana Treatment Center
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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