Hospital financial assistance in California

All 378 hospitals in the federal registry for California. 202 of them are nonprofit, which means federal law requires them to run a financial assistance program and to cap what they charge patients who qualify. Open any hospital for what it is required to offer and how to ask.

378hospitals
202bound by 501(r)
285with an ER
234cities

Alameda

Alhambra

Aliso Viejo

Alturas

Anaheim

Antioch

Apple Valley

Arcadia

Arcata

Auburn

Avalon

Bakersfield

Baldwin Park

Banning

Barstow

Berkeley

Big Bear Lake

Bishop

Blythe

Brawley

Burbank

Burlingame

Camp Pendleton

Carmichael

Castro Valley

Cedarville

Cerritos

Chester

Chico

Chino

Chula Vista

Clearlake

Clovis

Coalinga

Colton

Colusa

Concord

Corona

Coronado

Costa Mesa

Covina

Crescent City

Daly City

Davis

Delano

Downey

El Centro

Encinitas

Encino

Escondido

Eureka

Fairfield

Fall River Mills

Folsom

Fontana

Fort Bragg

Fort Irwin

Fortuna

Fountain Valley

Fremont

French Camp

Fresno

Fullerton

Garberville

Garden Grove

Gardena

Glendale

Glendora

Grass Valley

Greenbrae

Gridley

Hanford

Harbor City

Hayward

Healdsburg

Hemet

Hollister

Hollywood

Huntington Beach

Huntington Park

Indio

Inglewood

Irvine

Jackson

Joshua Tree

King City

La Jolla

La Mesa

La Palma

Laguna Hills

Lake Arrowhead

Lake Isabella

Lakeport

Lakewood

Lancaster

Lodi

Loma Linda

Lompoc

Lone Pine

Long Beach

Los Alamitos

Los Angeles

Los Banos

Lynwood

Madera

Mammoth Lakes

Manteca

Marina del Rey

Mariposa

Martinez

Marysville

Mather

Merced

Mission Hills

Mission Viejo

Modesto

Montclair

Montebello

Monterey

Monterey Park

Moreno Valley

Mount Shasta

Mountain View

Murrieta

Napa

National City

Needles

Newport Beach

North Sacramento

Northridge

Norwalk

Novato

Oakdale

Oakland

Oceanside

Ojai

Orange

Oroville

Oxnard

Palm Springs

Palmdale

Palo Alto

Panorama City

Pasadena

Petaluma

Placerville

Pleasanton

Pomona

Porterville

Portola

Poway

Quincy

Rancho Mirage

Red Bluff

Redding

Redlands

Redwood City

Reedley

Reseda

Ridgecrest

Riverside

Rosemead

Roseville

Sacramento

Saint Helena

Salinas

San Andreas

San Bernardino

San Diego

San Dimas

San Francisco

San Gabriel

San Jose

San Leandro

San Luis Obispo

San Marcos

San Mateo

San Pedro

San Rafael

San Ramon

Santa Ana

Santa Barbara

Santa Clara

Santa Cruz

Santa Maria

Santa Monica

Santa Rosa

Sherman Oaks

Simi Valley

Solvang

Sonoma

Sonora

South El Monte

South Lake Tahoe

South San Francisco

Stanford

Stockton

Sun City

Sun Valley

Susanville

Sylmar

Tarzana

Tehachapi

Temecula

Templeton

Thousand Oaks

Torrance

Tracy

Travis Afb

Truckee

Tulare

Turlock

Tustin

Twentynine Palms

Ukiah

Upland

Vacaville

Valencia

Vallejo

Van Nuys

Ventura

Victorville

Visalia

Walnut Creek

Watsonville

Weaverville

West Hills

Whittier

Willits

Willows

Woodland

Woodland Hills

Yreka

Yuba City

Source: CMS Hospital General Information (Provider Data Catalog, dataset xubh-q36u), published 2026-05-13.