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Providence Saint John's Health Center vs USC Arcadia Hospital.

Side-by-side prices for 34 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Providence Saint John's Health Center is cheaper on more procedures (15 vs 11).

Providence Saint John's Health Center
Santa Monica, CA
Providence
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 15 of 34 procedures
vs.
USC Arcadia Hospital
Arcadia, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 11 of 34 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Providence USC Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,168 $2,060 USC ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $2,967 $2,944 USC ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $2,228 $1,987 USC ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $1,790 $1,693 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $1,949 $2,333 Providence ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $627 $586 USC ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $332 $211 USC ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $28 $231 Providence ↓
Lipid panel $31 $151 Providence ↓
CBC with differential $16 $95 Providence ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $39 $152 Providence ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $29 $88 Providence ↓
Urinalysis $26 $24 USC ↓
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy — $8,513 tie
Total knee replacement — $19,449 tie
Total hip replacement — $23,248 tie
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy — $9,407 tie
Inguinal hernia repair, open $2,850 $7,474 Providence ↓
Vaginal delivery, global — $2,716 tie
Cesarean delivery, global — $5,853 tie
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $611 $1,788 Providence ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal — $1,831 tie
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $587 $1,845 Providence ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $1,374 $1,499 Providence ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $201 $84 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $201 $110 USC ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,199 $1,311 Providence ↓
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $2,858 $3,558 Providence ↓
Total abdominal hysterectomy — $21,703 tie
Thyroid ultrasound $382 $506 Providence ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $201 $110 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $201 $145 USC ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $171 $9,049 Providence ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $38 $937 Providence ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Providence USC
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 2/5
Would definitely recommend 75% 62%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 74% 61%
Nurses always communicated well 73% 69%
Doctors always communicated well 75% 72%
Given clear info about recovery 78% 83%
Room and bathroom always clean 73% 67%
Staff always explained meds 55% 51%
Quiet at night, always 63% 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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