CULVER CITY – November 10, 2026 -- Patients in Los Angeles looking for lung care have a new data point: Southern California Hospital Culver City/Hollywood ranked among the top 5 in California for pulmonary care, according to Healthgrades.
Five national awards put the hospitals in the top 10%
Southern California Hospitals, which operates in Culver City, Hollywood and Van Nuys, earned five Specialty Excellence Awards from Healthgrades. The awards place the hospital in the top 10% nationwide for emergency hospitalization, pulmonary care, gastrointestinal care and gastrointestinal medical care.
Twelve Five-Star Ratings cover heart, stroke and sepsis care
The hospitals also earned twelve Five-Star Ratings. They cover treatment of:
- heart attack
- heart failure
- pacemaker procedures
- hip fracture
- spinal fusion
- stroke
- COPD and pneumonia
- GI bleed
- bowel obstruction
- diabetic hospitalizations
- sepsis
Healthgrades scores outcomes, not reputation
Healthgrades does not use surveys or reputation. It evaluates risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates across more than 30 common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide.
CEO Marie Aragon credited the hospitals' physicians, nurses and clinical teams. She said the organization is committed to delivering safe, compassionate care both for routine visits and in emergencies.
Healthgrades estimates 227,229 lives could have been saved
Healthgrades' 2027 analysis found that if all hospitals had performed at the level of five-star rated facilities during the 2023-2025 study period, 227,229 lives could have been saved. It also found that 158,138 complications could have been avoided. These figures are three-year estimates based on MedPAR data and cover Medicare patients only.
Alana Biggers, MD, MPH, a medical advisor at Healthgrades, said that finding a hospital that excels at a given treatment "can transform a patient's health trajectory."
Healthgrades' Specialty Excellence Patient Advocate Center explains how the platform identifies top-performing hospitals for specialty care.