In May, Healthgrades released an inaugural list of the best hospitals nationwide for outpatient hip, knee and total joint replacements.
California had more top-ranked facilities than any other state, with 18 statewide.
Honorees include:
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage)
El Camino Hospital (Mountain View)
French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)
Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose)
Hoag Orthopedic Institute (Irvine)
Huntington Hospital (Pasadena)
Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center (Thousand Oaks)
Memorial Medical Center (Modesto)
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame)
Novato Community Hospital
Providence Saint John's Health Center (Santa Monica)
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla)
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Washington Hospital (Fremont)