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Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital vs Coast Plaza Hospital.

Side-by-side prices for 36 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (16 vs 5).

Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital
Marina del Rey, CA
Cedars-Sinai Health System
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 16 of 36 procedures
vs.
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Pipeline Health
1/5 CMS
Cheaper on 5 of 36 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Cedars-Sinai Coast Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $3,966 $7,585 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $4,407 $8,164 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $3,196 $3,371 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $3,196 $6,557 Cedars-Sinai ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $6,798 $7,367 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,709 $1,483 Coast ↓
Mammogram, screening $390 — tie
Chest X-ray, single view $574 $395 Coast ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $411 $141 Coast ↓
Lipid panel $196 $519 Cedars-Sinai ↓
CBC with differential $319 $300 Coast ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $323 $368 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $203 $12 Coast ↓
Urinalysis $44 $96 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy $656 — tie
Total knee replacement $656 — tie
Total hip replacement $656 — tie
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy $656 — tie
Inguinal hernia repair, open $5,204 — tie
Cataract surgery, one eye $656 — tie
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $656 — tie
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $656 — tie
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $656 — tie
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $3,606 $4,701 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $233 $388 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $276 $464 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Carpal tunnel release $656 — tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $2,447 — tie
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $656 — tie
Total abdominal hysterectomy $656 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $1,251 $1,972 Cedars-Sinai ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $233 $374 Cedars-Sinai ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $276 $675 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $656 — tie
Prostate biopsy $2,455 $6,060 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,845 $2,705 Cedars-Sinai ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Cedars-Sinai Coast
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 1/5
Would definitely recommend 62% 31%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 61% 35%
Nurses always communicated well 72% 53%
Doctors always communicated well 75% 52%
Given clear info about recovery 83% 67%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 63%
Staff always explained meds 57% 35%
Quiet at night, always 46% 21%

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

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