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Temple University Hospital vs Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Side-by-side prices for 22 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Temple University Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (17 vs 0).

Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Temple Health
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 17 of 22 procedures
vs.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
CHOP
Cheaper on 0 of 22 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Temple Children's Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $254 $8,107 Temple ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $375 $12,733 Temple ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $254 $8,658 Temple ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $254 $9,801 Temple ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $375 $7,445 Temple ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $112 $2,983 Temple ↓
DXA bone density scan $112 $751 Temple ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $92 $773 Temple ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel — $343 tie
Lipid panel — $83 tie
CBC with differential — $353 tie
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $17 $500 Temple ↓
Hemoglobin A1c — $172 tie
Urinalysis — $116 tie
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $575 $6,178 Temple ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $66 $653 Temple ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $98 $978 Temple ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) $83 $10,307 Temple ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $112 $3,501 Temple ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $83 $1,020 Temple ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $134 $1,330 Temple ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $254 $6,125 Temple ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Temple Children's
HCAHPS overall star rating 3/5 —
Would definitely recommend 64% —
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 65% —
Nurses always communicated well 75% —
Doctors always communicated well 78% —
Given clear info about recovery 85% —
Room and bathroom always clean 67% —
Staff always explained meds 59% —
Quiet at night, always 47% —

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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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