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USC Arcadia Hospital vs Torrance Memorial Medical Center.

Side-by-side prices for 21 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 (15 vs 6).

USC Arcadia Hospital
Arcadia, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 15 of 21 procedures
vs.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Torrance Memorial
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 6 of 21 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC Torrance Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $2,060 $7,546 USC ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $2,944 $10,353 USC ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $1,987 $8,084 USC ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $1,693 $8,084 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $2,333 $11,382 USC ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $586 $2,075 USC ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $211 $207 Torrance ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $231 $1,351 USC ↓
Lipid panel $151 $121 Torrance ↓
CBC with differential $95 $333 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $152 $83 Torrance ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $88 $121 USC ↓
Urinalysis $24 $49 USC ↓
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy $9,407 $2,006 Torrance ↓
Colonoscopy, diagnostic $1,788 $2,326 USC ↓
Colonoscopy with polyp removal $1,831 $468 Torrance ↓
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy $1,845 $485 Torrance ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $1,499 $5,195 USC ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $1,311 $4,435 USC ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $506 $1,050 USC ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $937 $1,729 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC Torrance
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 62% 82%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 61% 79%
Nurses always communicated well 69% 79%
Doctors always communicated well 72% 78%
Given clear info about recovery 83% 86%
Room and bathroom always clean 67% 76%
Staff always explained meds 51% 61%
Quiet at night, always 45% 52%

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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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