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USC Arcadia Hospital vs Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital.

Side-by-side prices for 32 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. USC Arcadia Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (21 vs 11).

USC Arcadia Hospital
Arcadia, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 21 of 32 procedures
vs.
Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital
Marina del Rey, CA
Cedars-Sinai Health System
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 11 of 32 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC Cedars-Sinai Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,060 $3,966 USC ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $2,944 $4,407 USC ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,987 $3,196 USC ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $1,693 $3,196 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $2,333 $6,798 USC ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $586 $1,709 USC ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $211 $574 USC ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $231 $411 USC ↓
Lipid panel $151 $196 USC ↓
CBC with differential $95 $319 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $152 $323 USC ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $88 $203 USC ↓
Urinalysis $24 $44 USC ↓
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy $8,513 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Total knee replacement $19,449 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Total hip replacement $23,248 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy $9,407 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Inguinal hernia repair, open $7,474 $5,204 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $1,788 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $1,831 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $1,845 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $1,499 $3,606 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $84 $233 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $110 $276 USC ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,311 $2,447 USC ↓
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $3,558 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Total abdominal hysterectomy $21,703 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $506 $1,251 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $110 $233 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $145 $276 USC ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $9,049 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $937 $1,845 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC Cedars-Sinai
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 2/5
Would definitely recommend 62% 62%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 61% 61%
Nurses always communicated well 69% 72%
Doctors always communicated well 72% 75%
Given clear info about recovery 83% 83%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 67%
Staff always explained meds 51% 57%
Quiet at night, always 45% 46%

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How to read this comparison.

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