As of the July 2026 CMS release, Santa Ana, California, has 2 hospitals, all with an emergency department. The median emergency room visit lasts 3 hr 4 min, 10 min longer than the California median of 2 hr 54 min. The shortest is at Coastal Communities Hospital (3 hr 1 min). The highest Medicare star rating among its 2 rated hospitals is 2 out of 5, at Orange County Global Medical Center.
There are 2 hospitals in Santa Ana, California, in Orange County. 2 of them have an emergency department.
The median emergency department visit in Santa Ana lasts 3 hr 4 min, 10 min longer than the California median of 2 hr 54 min. The shortest is at Coastal Communities Hospital, 3 hr 1 min.
No Santa Ana hospital matches that. .
No longer listed by Medicare (closed or merged): Santa Ana Hospital Medical Ctr, Specialty Hosp of Santa Ana. These pages are kept for reference.
Two Santa Ana hospitals side by side on Medicare ratings, patient reviews, ER times and safety.
Community health centers (federally qualified health centers) see patients with or without insurance and charge on a sliding scale based on income. They are not emergency rooms: call ahead for an appointment.
Source: HRSA Health Center Program (HHS).
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Santa Ana, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024) for the city of Santa Ana.
There are 2 hospitals in Santa Ana, California. 2 of them have an emergency department.
The median emergency department visit in Santa Ana lasts 3 hr 4 min, based on CMS measure OP-18b. That is a median over a 12-month reporting period, not a live figure. The California median is 2 hr 54 min.
Coastal Communities Hospital reports the shortest median emergency department visit in Santa Ana at 3 hr 1 min.
Orange County Global Medical Center has 2 out of 5 stars, the highest overall rating among the 2 Santa Ana hospitals CMS rates.
Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
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