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USC Arcadia Hospital vs Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 34 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center is cheaper on more procedures (14 vs 12).

USC Arcadia Hospital
Arcadia, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 12 of 34 procedures
vs.
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
Tarzana, CA
Providence
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 14 of 34 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC Providence Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,060 $742 Providence ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $2,944 $1,136 Providence ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,987 $742 Providence ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $1,693 $742 Providence ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $2,333 $1,034 Providence ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $586 $1,149 USC ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $211 $293 USC ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $231 $168 Providence ↓
Lipid panel $151 $124 Providence ↓
CBC with differential $95 $114 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $152 $25 Providence ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $88 $22 Providence ↓
Urinalysis $24 $76 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 $1,561 Providence ↓
Vaginal delivery, global $2,716 — tie
Cesarean delivery, global $5,853 — tie
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $1,788 $678 Providence ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $1,831 — tie
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $1,845 $531 Providence ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $1,499 $1,836 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $84 $201 USC ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 4 $110 $201 USC ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,311 $1,903 USC ↓
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) $3,558 $1,471 Providence ↓
Total abdominal hysterectomy $21,703 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $506 $845 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $110 $201 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $145 $201 USC ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $9,049 $171 Providence ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $937 $1,617 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC Providence
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 62% 74%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 61% 73%
Nurses always communicated well 69% 75%
Doctors always communicated well 72% 72%
Given clear info about recovery 83% 81%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 73%
Staff always explained meds 51% 58%
Quiet at night, always 45% 57%

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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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