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Hospitals in California

California has 378 licensed hospitals providers listed on ElderCareCosts across 500 cities. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

378 licensed hospitals providers 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 We do not publish a local hospital cost table.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 providers 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 do not list eligibility dollar amounts or wait lists unless a primary source is cited in a later pass.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in California

Showing 500 of 1618 tracked cities.

Hospitals providers in California

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

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Frequently asked questions

How many hospitals providers are listed in California?

We currently list 378 licensed hospitals providers across California.

Which cities in California have hospitals listings?

We track 500 California cities for hospitals. See the city list on this page for options near you.

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