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Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital vs MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 38 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 10).

Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital
Marina del Rey, CA
Cedars-Sinai Health System
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 16 of 38 procedures
vs.
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center
Long Beach, CA
MemorialCare
2/5 CMS
Cheaper on 10 of 38 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Cedars-Sinai MemorialCare Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $3,966 $7,384 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $4,407 $11,782 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $3,196 $7,633 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $3,196 $6,253 Cedars-Sinai ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $6,798 $10,055 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,709 $270 MemorialCare ↓
Mammogram, screening $390 $760 Cedars-Sinai ↓
DXA bone density scan — $1,106 tie
Chest X-ray, single view $574 $916 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $411 $883 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Lipid panel $196 $35 MemorialCare ↓
CBC with differential $319 $32 MemorialCare ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $323 $16 MemorialCare ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $203 $12 MemorialCare ↓
Urinalysis $44 $30 MemorialCare ↓
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 $2,020 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $656 $6,052 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $656 $2,500 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $3,606 $1,631 MemorialCare ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $233 $227 MemorialCare ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $276 $327 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Carpal tunnel release $656 — tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $2,447 $10,717 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) — $1,953 tie
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $656 — tie
Total abdominal hysterectomy $656 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $1,251 $801 MemorialCare ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $233 $227 MemorialCare ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $276 $321 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $656 — tie
Prostate biopsy $2,455 $5,206 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,845 $3,359 Cedars-Sinai ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Cedars-Sinai MemorialCare
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 62% 69%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 61% 67%
Nurses always communicated well 72% 74%
Doctors always communicated well 75% 72%
Given clear info about recovery 83% 84%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 71%
Staff always explained meds 57% 55%
Quiet at night, always 46% 45%

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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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