In May, Healthgrades released its inaugural lists of the best hospitals for outpatient hip and knee replacements nationwide.
Seventeen of those hospitals were located in California — the state with the most top hospitals on the list.
Best hospitals for outpatient hip, knee replacements:
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)
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)