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USC Arcadia Hospital vs California Hospital Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 33 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 (17 vs 2).

USC Arcadia Hospital
Arcadia, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 17 of 33 procedures
vs.
California Hospital Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Dignity Health / CommonSpirit
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 2 of 33 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC California Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,060 $3,125 USC ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $2,944 $5,219 USC ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,987 $2,797 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $2,333 $1,724 California ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $586 $1,299 USC ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $211 $345 USC ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $231 $427 USC ↓
Lipid panel $151 $253 USC ↓
CBC with differential $95 $132 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $152 $178 USC ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $88 $15 California ↓
Urinalysis $24 $87 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 $7,474 — tie
Vaginal delivery, global $2,716 — tie
Cesarean delivery, global $5,853 — tie
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $1,788 — tie
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $1,831 — tie
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $1,845 — tie
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $1,499 $2,115 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $84 $107 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $110 $151 USC ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,311 — tie
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $3,558 — tie
Total abdominal hysterectomy $21,703 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $506 $970 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $110 $148 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $145 $213 USC ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $9,049 — tie
Carotid duplex ultrasound $937 $1,081 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC California
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 2/5
Would definitely recommend 62% 64%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 61% 67%
Nurses always communicated well 69% 71%
Doctors always communicated well 72% 68%
Given clear info about recovery 83% 81%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 70%
Staff always explained meds 51% 57%
Quiet at night, always 45% 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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