Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, CA
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About Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital is an acute care hospital in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 131 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Saint Francis Medical Center, about 2.4 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.00
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Better than national · SIR 0.00
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.14
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.49
77% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend68%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1066%
- Completed surveys532
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
33.92425, -118.24446
Nearby hospitals
- Saint Francis Medical Center3630 East Imperial Highway, Lynwood, CA · Level II traumaAcute care hospital2.4 mi
- Memorial Hospital of Gardena1145 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Gardena, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital3.6 mi
- Kindred Hospital South Bay1246 West 155th Street, Gardena, CALong-term care hospital3.8 mi
- Community Hospital of Huntington Park2623 E Slauson Ave, Huntington Park, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital4.6 mi
- Lac/Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Ctr7601 East Imperial Highway, Downey, CAAcute care hospital5.0 mi
- Kindred Hospital Paramount16453 Colorado Avenue, Paramount, CALong-term care hospital5.5 mi
- Centinela Hospital Medical Center555 East Hardy Street, Inglewood, CAAcute care hospital6.2 mi
- College Medical Center Hawthorne Campus13300 Hawthorne Boulevard, Hawthorne, CAPsychiatric hospital6.2 mi
- Pih Health Downey Hospital11500 Brookshire Avenue, Downey, CA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital6.5 mi
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey9333 Imperial Highway, Downey, CAAcute care hospital6.6 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital located?
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital is at 1680 East 120th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059 in Los Angeles County.
Does Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 150 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital?
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 4 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital a trauma center?
We have no trauma center designation on record for Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital. Hospitals without one still treat injuries in their emergency department and transfer patients who need a trauma center. Check the California trauma program for the current list.
What is the phone number of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (424) 835-6808.
Would patients recommend Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (532 completed surveys), 68% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 66% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a Hospital to Give BirthLevels of maternal and newborn care, the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, quality data and questions to ask on a tour.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.