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USC Arcadia Hospital vs Huntington Hospital.

Side-by-side prices for 27 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 (23 vs 1).

USC Arcadia Hospital
Arcadia, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 23 of 27 procedures
vs.
Huntington Hospital
Pasadena, CA
Huntington Health
2/5 CMS
Cheaper on 1 of 27 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC Huntington Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,060 $5,021 USC ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $2,944 $6,751 USC ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,987 $5,895 USC ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $1,693 $5,692 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $2,333 $8,858 USC ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $586 $1,239 USC ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $211 $580 USC ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $231 $440 USC ↓
Lipid panel $151 $160 USC ↓
CBC with differential $95 $220 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $152 $107 Huntington ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $88 $132 USC ↓
Urinalysis $24 $75 USC ↓
Total knee replacement $19,449 — tie
Total hip replacement $23,248 — tie
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy $9,407 — tie
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $1,788 $2,472 USC ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $1,831 $2,472 USC ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $1,845 $1,976 USC ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $1,499 $3,684 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $84 $138 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $110 $242 USC ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,311 $6,681 USC ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $506 $879 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $110 $138 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $145 $242 USC ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $937 $1,962 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC Huntington
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 62% 75%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 61% 73%
Nurses always communicated well 69% 73%
Doctors always communicated well 72% 74%
Given clear info about recovery 83% 84%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 73%
Staff always explained meds 51% 57%
Quiet at night, always 45% 50%

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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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