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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center vs Huntington Hospital.

Side-by-side prices for 26 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Huntington Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (16 vs 7).

Los Angeles, CA
Cedars-Sinai Health System
5/5 CMS
Cheaper on 7 of 26 procedures
vs.
Pasadena, CA
Huntington Health
2/5 CMS
Cheaper on 16 of 26 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Cedars-Sinai Huntington Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $3,543 $5,021 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $10,021 $6,751 Huntington ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $5,143 $5,895 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $4,985 $5,692 Cedars-Sinai ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $11,088 $8,858 Huntington ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $2,346 $1,239 Huntington ↓
DXA bone density scan $1,144 $2,597 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $874 $580 Huntington ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $629 $440 Huntington ↓
Lipid panel $11 $160 Cedars-Sinai ↓
CBC with differential $591 $220 Huntington ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $13 $107 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $203 $132 Huntington ↓
Urinalysis $120 $75 Huntington ↓
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $2,472 tie
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $2,472 tie
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $3,397 $1,976 Huntington ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $5,278 $3,684 Huntington ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $382 $138 Huntington ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $623 $242 Huntington ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $4,469 $6,681 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) $1,079 tie
Thyroid ultrasound $1,985 $879 Huntington ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $382 $138 Huntington ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $623 $242 Huntington ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $3,031 $1,962 Huntington ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Cedars-Sinai Huntington
HCAHPS overall star rating 3/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 78% 75%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 75% 73%
Nurses always communicated well 76% 73%
Doctors always communicated well 76% 74%
Given clear info about recovery 84% 84%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 73%
Staff always explained meds 56% 57%
Quiet at night, always 52% 50%

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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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