5 CA Hospitals Among Best In U.S., New Ranking Says

CALIFORNIA — Five California hospitals are among the 20 best in the country in U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 Best Hospitals ranking released Tuesday.

For its 35th annual report, U.S. News evaluated more than 5,000 hospitals based on their performance across 30 medical and surgical services.

The honor roll hospitals in California are:

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto
• UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• UC San Diego Health-La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals, San Diego
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco

U.S. News also ranked the top regional hospitals in California. These are their metro rankings:

Fresno

• St. Agnes Medical Center (No. 1)

Los Angeles

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (No. 1, tie)
• UCLA Medical Center (No. 1, tie)
• Keck Medical Center of USC (No. 3)
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center (No. 4)
• Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (No. 5, tie)
• Huntington Health Medical Center-Pasadena (No. 5, tie)
• MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (No. 7)
• Providence Mission Hospital-Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach (No. 8)
• UCI Medical Center (No. 9)
• Providence Saint John's Health Center (No. 10)
• Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (No. 11, tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Anaheim and Irvine Medical Centers (No. 11, tie)
• MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (No. 11, tie)
• Providence St. Joseph Hospital-Orange (No. 14)
• Adventist Health Glendale (No. 15, tie)
• PIH Health Hospital-Whittier (No. 15, tie)
• Providence St. Joseph Medical Center-Burbank (No. 17, tie)
• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance (No. 17, tie)
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (No. 19)
• Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (No. 20)
• Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center (No. 21, tie)
• Providence St. Jude Medical Center (No. 21, tie)
• MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (No. 23, tie)
• Northridge Hospital Medical Center (No. 23, tie)
• Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (No. 25)
• Fountain Valley Regional Hospital (No. 26)

Oxnard

• Community Memorial Hospital-Ventura (No. 1, tie)
• Simi Valley Hospital (No. 1, tie)
• Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center (No. 3)
• St. John's Regional Medical Center (No. 4)

Riverside-San Bernardino

• Loma Linda University Medical Center (No. 1, tie)
• Eisenhower Medical Center (No. 1, tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers (No. 3)

Sacramento

• UC Davis Medical Center (No. 1)
• Sutter Medical Center-Sacramento (No. 2)
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center (No. 3)
• Mercy General Hospital (No. 4)
• Mercy San Juan Medical Center (No. 5, tie)
• Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center (No. 5, tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (No. 7)

San Diego

• UC San Diego Health-La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals (No. 1)
• Scripps La Jolla Hospitals (No. 2)
• Sharp Memorial Hospital (No. 3)
• Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion and San Diego Medical Center (No. 4)
• Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (No. 5)
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital (No. 6, tie)
• Scripps Mercy Hospital (No. 6, tie)
• Scripps Memorial Hospital-Encinitas (No. 8)

San Francisco

• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (No. 1)
• John Muir Health-Concord Medical Center (No. 2, tie)
• John Muir Health-Walnut Creek Medical Center (No. 2, tie)
• California Pacific Medical Center-Van Ness Campus (No. 4, tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Oakland and Richmond Medical Centers (No. 4, tie)
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (No. 6)
• Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (No. 7, tie)
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Oakland (No. 7, tie)
• Washington Hospital-Fremont (No. 9, tie)
• Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (No. 9, tie)

San Jose

• Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital (No. 1)
• El Camino Health-Mountain View (No. 2)
• Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center (No. 3)

These hospitals are among the 466 Best Regional Hospitals in the country, according to U.S. News.

For the first time this year, U.S. News also identified 98 hospitals across the country for their success in caring for patients from historically underserved communities. In California, the following hospitals were recognized:

• Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael
• Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda
• Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Apple Valley
• Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista
• Kaiser Permanente Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers, Fontana
• Adventist Health-White Memorial, Los Angeles
• Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento

Here are the top five hospitals by specialty:

Cancer

1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
3. Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
4. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston
5. City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California

Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery

1. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio
2. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City
3. Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
4. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City

Neurology & Neurosurgery

1. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City
2. Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
3. UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
4. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
5. Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)

Orthopedics

1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
2. Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
3. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York City
4. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
5. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

To calculate the 2024-2025 Best Hospitals for the Honor Roll, specialty and region, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance using a variety of measures. Data came from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations, and medical specialists. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective patient care measures.