Rooted in a tradition of community service and clinical excellence, Sutter Health is a unique organization blending a heritage of excellence with leading-edge innovation and technology to create an integrated health care network for the 21st century.

Sutter Health was created through the January 1996 merger of Sacramento - based Sutter Health and Bay Area - based California Healthcare System. Yet the founding systems and their affiliates possess rich histories, stretching from the early, rugged days of California medicine into the modern era of HMOs, PPOs and primary care physicians.

The oldest hospital in the Sutter Health family is the earliest ancestor of what is now known as California Pacific Medical Center, established in San Francisco in 1856 to serve the scores of settlers swept up by California's "gold fever."

Location: 301 E 13th St, Merced California 95340 Telephone 209-385-7000

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