Best Hospitals For Specialty Care In CA Named In New 2027 Rankings

Thirty-seven hospitals in California are among those recognized in new national rankings that compare how well hospitals keep patients alive and prevent complications during treatment for heart disease, joint replacement, stroke and other medical conditions.

The 2027 rankings released Tuesday by Healthgrades identify hospitals with better outcomes in specific areas of care, rather than assigning a single overall ranking to every hospital.

Healthgrades, a website that provides information about doctors and hospitals, evaluated approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide using data on 31 common medical procedures and conditions. Its annual assessment includes national awards for specialty and outpatient care, along with state rankings in 30 states.

The rankings offer patients a way to compare hospitals before undergoing surgery or seeking treatment for a serious medical condition. They also show that a hospital's performance can vary depending on the type of care a patient needs.

California Hospital Rankings

In California, 37 hospitals received recognition for specialty care:

• Adventist Health Glendale
• CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (West Hollywood)
• Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (Monterey)
• Desert Valley Hospital (Victorville)
• Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage)
• Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital (Covina)
• Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose)
• Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Los Angeles)
• Huntington Hospital (Pasadena)
• John Muir Medical Center Concord
• Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center
• Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
• Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
• Los Robles Regional Medical Center (Thousand Oaks)
• Memorial Medical Center (Modesto)
• MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills)
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame)
• Northridge Hospital Medical Center
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills)
• Providence Saint John’s Health Center (Santa Monica)
• Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)
• Redlands Community Hospital
• Regional Medical Center of San Jose
• Riverside Community Hospital
• Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla)
• Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
• Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego)
• Southern California Hospital at Hollywood
• St. John’s Regional Medical Center (Oxnard)
• Stanford Hospital
• Sutter Medical Center-Ose Adams Medical Pavilion (Sacramento)
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center
• UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento)
• UC San Diego Health Hillcrest Medical Center
• UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights (San Francisco)
• USC Arcadia Hospital

The state rankings identify the top three or five eligible hospitals in each of 19 specialties, including cardiac care, orthopedic surgery, joint replacement, stroke care, pulmonary care and gastrointestinal surgery.

The number of hospitals ranked depends on how many facilities in a state qualify for evaluation in a particular specialty. States with six or fewer eligible hospitals in a specialty are excluded from that ranking.

Patients can review the state rankings and search for hospitals through Healthgrades.

The company also named hospitals to its national Specialty Excellence Awards, which recognize facilities in the top 15 percent of eligible hospitals in their respective specialties. More selective distinctions identify the nation’s top 50 or 100 hospitals in certain categories.

More Surgeries Move Outpatient

The new awards also reflect a shift to outpatient surgery. Hospitals in California earning exemplary ratings include:

• Riverside Community Hospital, for orthopedic surgery
• Palomar UC San Diego Health Escondido, for joint replacement
• Hoag Orthopedic Institute, for joint replacement
• Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, for prostate care
• Scripps Green Hospital, for prostate care
• Casa Colina Hospital, for joint replacement
• Eisenhower Medical Center, for joint replacement
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital, for joint replacement
• Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, for prostate care
• USC Arcadia Hospital, for joint replacement
• Huntington Hospital, for joint replacement
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center, for joint replacement
• USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, for prostate care
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, for joint replacement
• Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital, for joint replacement
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, for prostate care
• Providence Saint John's Health Center, for joint replacement
• Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, for prostate care
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, for prostate care
• Community Memorial Hospital San Buenaventura, for joint replacement
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, for joint replacement
• Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, for prostate care
• Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, for joint replacement
• Marian Regional Medical Center, for orthopedic surgery
• French Hospital Medical Center, for joint replacement
• Fresno Surgical Hospital, for prostate care
• Saint Agnes Medical Center, for joint replacement
• Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz, for orthopedic surgery
• Dominican Hospital, for prostate care
• Dameron Hospital, for joint replacement
• Washington Hospital, for joint replacement
• Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, for joint replacement
• Sequoia Hospital, for prostate care
• Barton Memorial Hospital, for prostate care
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, for orthopedic surgery
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, for prostate care
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Alta Bates Campus, for joint replacement
• California Pacific Medical Center-Davies Campus, for prostate care
• UC Davis Medical Center, for prostate care
• Sutter Medical Center-Ose Adams Medical Pavilion, for orthopedic surgery
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center, for prostate care
• Marinhealth Medical Center, for prostate care
• Sutter Davis Hospital, for prostate care
• Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, for joint replacement

According to Healthgrades’ analysis, outpatient hip replacement procedures increased 81 percent from 2020 to 2025, while inpatient hip replacements declined 75 percent.

Outpatient knee replacements increased 71 percent during the same period, while inpatient procedures fell 70 percent.

The changes reflect a movement toward performing certain procedures without an overnight hospital stay.

Healthgrades separately recognized hospitals for outpatient orthopedic surgery, joint replacement and prostate care.

What The Data Shows

Healthgrades based its inpatient analysis on Medicare patient records from 2023 through 2025, examining deaths and complications associated with specific procedures and medical conditions.

The company estimated that 227,229 deaths and 158,138 complications among Medicare patients over those three years could potentially have been avoided if all hospitals evaluated had performed at the level of hospitals receiving its highest five-star ratings.

Those figures are statistical estimates, not documented cases in which different hospital care would necessarily have prevented a death or complication. They also apply to Medicare patients, rather than all hospital patients nationwide.

Healthgrades adjusts its comparisons for patient risk factors, including age and medical conditions, but the rankings are not a guarantee of an individual patient's outcome.

The results may be particularly useful for patients comparing hospitals for a specific procedure. A hospital recognized for heart surgery, for example, is not necessarily among the highest-rated facilities for orthopedic care.

Healthgrades uses its own methodology to determine which hospitals receive recognition. Its analysis emphasizes clinical outcomes, including mortality and complications, and should be considered alongside other factors such as physician recommendations, insurance coverage, access to specialists and individual medical needs.