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Top 20 largest California hospitals with the most staffed beds

California is by far the largest state in the country, with a population of nearly 40 million people as of 2022. According to Definitive Healthcare data, California also has the most hospitals of any state in the U.S. with 561 active facilities.

Using Definitive Healthcare’s HospitalView product, we created a list of the largest hospitals in California ranked by their number of staffed beds.

California hospitals by number of staffed beds

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Rank	Hospital name	City	# of staffed beds	# of discharges	Explore dataset
1	DSH - Metropolitan	Norwalk	1,004	583	Explore
2	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	882	50,098	Explore
3	Santa Clara Valley Medical Center	San Jose	827	29,960	Explore
4	UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights	San Francisco	785	33,309	Explore
5	Community Regional Medical Center	Fresno	663	35,961	Explore
6	Fontana Medical Center	Fontana	626	21,861	Explore
7	University of California Davis Medical Center	Sacramento	613	26,137	Explore
8	LAC & USC Medical Center	Los Angeles	596	29,768	Explore
9	Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center	San Diego	596	24,064	Explore
10	Stanford Hospital	Stanford	554	28,661	Explore
11	Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo	Mission Viejo	523	15,318	Explore
12	Sutter Medical Center - Ose Adams Medical Pavilion	Sacramento	523	28,351	Explore
13	John Muir Health - Walnut Creek Medical Center	Walnut Creek	506	20,838	Explore
14	West Los Angeles VA Medical Center	Los Angeles	500	N/A	Explore
15	Huntington Hospital	Pasadena	499	22,564	Explore
16	Torrance Memorial Medical Center	Torrance	493	22,613	Explore
17	Los Angeles Medical Center	Los Angeles	492	20,733	Explore
18	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	San Diego	487	28,681	Explore
19	Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital	Covina	481	20,453	Explore
20	Riverside Community Hospital	Riverside	478	22,856	Explore

Fig. 1  - Data is from Definitive Healthcare’s HospitalView product. Data is accurate as of October 2022.

Which California hospital has the most staffed beds?

The hospital with the most staffed beds in California is DHS - Metropolitan (Department of State Hospitals). This facility, located in Norwalk, California, has 1,004 staffed beds but only 583 patient discharges as of October 2022.

This low number of discharges may be because DSH - Metropolitan is a psychiatric hospital, designed to treat patients with severe mental health conditions. According to the facility’s website, this hospital serves patients who may be unable to provide food, clothing, or shelter for themselves. DSH -Metropolitan also treats people with mental health disorders who have been charged with a crime and are unable to defend themselves in a rational manner or understand court proceedings. Because of this, patients are very rarely discharged from the facility.

In second place is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. One of the largest and most well-respected hospitals in the country, Cedars-Sinai has 882 staffed beds. According to the U.S News and World Report, Cedars-Sinai is currently ranked as the best hospital in California and the second-best hospital in the country. Cedar-Sinai Medical Center has significantly more discharges than any other hospital on the list. That is likely due to its high bed utilization rate (nearly 83%), its reputation as a top hospital, and its location in Los Angeles, the largest city in California with nearly 4 million residents.

Third place in our ranking is Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose. They have 827 staffed beds and have also been awarded numerous accolades over the years.

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