Hospice market for funeral homes in California
1136 hospices have an office in California and cared for 157,438 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The California market
By ownership
- For-profit: 1050
- Nonprofit: 54
- Government and nonprofit: 1
- Government: 1
- Other ownership: 30
Medicare patients per year
All hospices here together, by CMS year.
CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it
Where the hospices are
Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.
- For-profit
- Nonprofit
- Government
- Other ownership
Larger dot, more Medicare patients
Largest hospices in 2024
By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.
- 1Suncrest HospiceFremont · For-profit3,243
- 2Vitas Healthcare Corporation of CaliforniaSan Diego · For-profit2,583
- 3Sutter Care at HomeRoseville · For-profit2,482
- 4By the Bay HealthLarkspur · Nonprofit1,772
- 5Bristol Hospice FresnoFresno · For-profit1,687
- 6Mission Hospice Services of San DiegoSan Diego · For-profit1,539
- 7Elizabeth HospiceEscondido · Nonprofit1,527
- 8Sharp HospicecareLa Mesa · For-profit1,524
- 9Central Coast Home HealthSan Luis Obispo · For-profit1,462
- 10Providence at Home With Compassus Hospice Care La CountyTorrance · Other ownership1,422
Fastest-growing hospices
Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.
| Hospice | Ownership | 2021 | 2024 | Growth per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geiss Med HospiceSanta Ana | For-profit | 53 | 527 | +115.0% |
| Hoag HospiceNewport Beach | Nonprofit | 164 | 1,415 | +105.1% |
| Anchor HealthPetaluma | For-profit | 144 | 908 | +84.7% |
| Vienna Hospice and Palliative CareSanta Clarita | For-profit | 49 | 308 | +84.6% |
| Riva Hospice of CaliforniaRiverside | For-profit | 37 | 222 | +81.7% |
| Silverado Hospice Coastal ValleysTemecula | For-profit | 44 | 239 | +75.8% |
| The Ambient HospiceNorth Hollywood | For-profit | 38 | 204 | +75.1% |
| Nightingale's HospiceMurrieta | For-profit | 101 | 491 | +69.4% |
| Dynamic Hospice and Palliative CareSherman Oaks | For-profit | 34 | 163 | +68.6% |
| Holistic Palliative CareOakland | For-profit | 32 | 137 | +62.4% |
CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it
Your local market, ranked
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