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USC Arcadia Hospital vs Glendale Memorial Hospital.

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 (10 vs 9).

USC Arcadia Hospital
Arcadia, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 10 of 33 procedures
vs.
Glendale Memorial Hospital
Glendale, CA
Dignity Health / CommonSpirit
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 9 of 33 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC Glendale Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,060 $2,638 USC ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $2,944 $2,875 Glendale ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,987 $2,576 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $2,333 $3,253 USC ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $586 $997 USC ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $211 $227 USC ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $231 $184 Glendale ↓
Lipid panel $151 $122 Glendale ↓
CBC with differential $95 $96 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $152 $149 Glendale ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $88 $10 Glendale ↓
Urinalysis $24 $36 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 $2,567 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $84 $71 Glendale ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $110 $103 Glendale ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,311 — tie
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $3,558 — tie
Total abdominal hysterectomy $21,703 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $506 $646 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $110 $100 Glendale ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $145 $143 Glendale ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $9,049 — tie
Carotid duplex ultrasound $937 $977 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC Glendale
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 62% 67%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 61% 69%
Nurses always communicated well 69% 76%
Doctors always communicated well 72% 74%
Given clear info about recovery 83% 85%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 71%
Staff always explained meds 51% 59%
Quiet at night, always 45% 51%

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How to read this comparison.

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