These 69 CA Hospitals Are Among The Nation's Best: U.S. News Ranking

ACROSS CALIFORNIA — Sixty-nine hospitals in California are among the best in the country, according to new Best Hospitals rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

The 34th edition of the rankings recognizes the top 484 regional hospitals, as well as the top 22 “honor roll” hospitals. Hospitals that made the ranking achieved excellence across a range of specialties, U.S. News said.

In California, five hospitals made the honor roll:

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

Here are the 69 California hospitals ranked among the best in the country, along with their ranking when compared to other hospitals in California:

• UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, No. 1 (five-way tie)
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, No. 1 (five-way tie)
• Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Stanford, No. 1 (five-way tie)
• UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, No. 1 (five-way tie)
• UC San Diego Health-La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals, San Diego, No. 1 (five-way tie)
• Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, No. 6
• UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, No. 7
• Scripps La Jolla Hospitals, La Jolla, No. 8
• Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, No. 9 (three-way tie)
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, No. 9 (three-way tie)
• John Muir Health-Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek, No. 9 (three-way tie)
• MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center, Long Beach, No. 12 (four-way tie)
• Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, No. 12 (four-way tie)
• Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, No. 12 (four-way tie)
• Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, No. 12 (four-way tie)
• Providence Mission Hospital-Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach, Mission Viejo, No. 16 (two-way tie)
• UCI Medical Center, Orange, No. 16 (two-way tie)
• Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, No. 18 (three-way tie)
• John Muir Health-Concord Medical Center, Concord, No. 18 (three-way tie)
• Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, No. 18 (three-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Anaheim and Irvine Medical Centers, Anaheim, No. 21
• Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, No. 22 (two-way tie)
• MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center, Fountain Valley, No. 22 (two-way tie)
• Providence St. Joseph Medical Center-Burbank, Burbank, No. 24 (two-way tie)
• Providence St. Joseph Hospital-Orange, Orange, No. 24 (two-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion and San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, No. 26
• PIH Health Hospital-Whittier, Whittier, No. 27
• Providence St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, No. 28 (five-way tie)
• Adventist Health Glendale, Glendale, No. 28 (five-way tie)
• Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, No. 28 (five-way tie)
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills, No. 28 (five-way tie)
• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, Torrance, No. 28 (five-way tie)
• Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael, No. 33 (three-way tie)
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, No. 33 (three-way tie)
• Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana, No. 33 (three-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Oakland and Richmond Medical Centers, Oakland, No. 36 (seven-way tie)
• Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, No. 36 (seven-way tie)
• Community Memorial Hospital-Ventura, Ventura, No. 36 (seven-way tie)
• MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center, Laguna Hills, No. 36 (seven-way tie)
• Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, No. 36 (seven-way tie)
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, No. 36 (seven-way tie)
• El Camino Health-Mountain View, Mountain View, No. 36 (seven-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, No. 43 (seven-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers, Fontana, No. 43 (seven-way tie)
• St. Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, No. 43 (seven-way tie)
• Washington Hospital-Fremont, Fremont, No. 43 (seven-way tie)
• Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, No. 43 (seven-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, Santa Clara, No. 43 (seven-way tie)
• St. Joseph's Medical Center-Stockton, Stockton, No. 43 (seven-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, No. 50 (seven-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, Downey, No. 50 (seven-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, No. 50 (seven-way tie)
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona, No. 50 (seven-way tie)
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, No. 50 (seven-way tie)
• Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento, No. 50 (seven-way tie)
• Salinas Valley Health Medical Center, Salinas, No. 50 (seven-way tie)
• PIH Health Hospital-Downey, Downey, No. 57 (eight-way tie)
• Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, No. 57 (eight-way tie)
• Mills-Peninsula Health Services-Burlingame, Burlingame, No. 57 (eight-way tie)
• PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, No. 57 (eight-way tie)
• USC Arcadia Hospital, Arcadia, No. 57 (eight-way tie)
• Adventist Health-White Memorial, Los Angeles, No. 57 (eight-way tie)
• Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, No. 57 (eight-way tie)
• Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, No. 57 (eight-way tie)
• Enloe Medical Center, Chico, No. 65 (three-way tie)
• Scripps Memorial Hospital-Encinitas, Encinitas, No. 65 (three-way tie)
• Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Inglewood, No. 65 (three-way tie)
• St. Joseph Hospital-Eureka, Eureka, No. 68
• St. Mary Medical Center-Apple Valley, Apple Valley, No. 69

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 21 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a “best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, quality of nursing care and patient experience.

This year, U.S. News said it placed more emphasis on objective quality measures and less on expert opinion. Other changes include the introduction of outpatient outcomes in key specialty and surgical rankings.

The rankings are meant to help patients and their doctors make health care decisions, according to Ben Harder, managing editor at U.S. News.

The top hospitals nationwide by specialty are (California facilities in bold):

Cancer

1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
5. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston

Cardiology, heart and vascular surgery

1. Cleveland Clinic
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
5. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York

Neurology and neurosurgery

1. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York
2. UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
3. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
4. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
5. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Orthopedics

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