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Keck Hospital of USC vs Adventist Health Glendale.

Side-by-side prices for 29 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Adventist Health Glendale is cheaper on more procedures (22 vs 1).

Los Angeles, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 1 of 29 procedures
vs.
Glendale, CA
Adventist Health
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 22 of 29 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Keck Adventist Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $7,193 $46 Adventist ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $10,188 $71 Adventist ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $5,213 $46 Adventist ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $6,276 $42 Adventist ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $10,460 $56 Adventist ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $2,868 $25 Adventist ↓
Mammogram, screening $659 $18 Adventist ↓
DXA bone density scan $851 $130 Adventist ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $764 $50 Adventist ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $467 $44 Adventist ↓
Lipid panel $184 $27 Adventist ↓
CBC with differential $84 $26 Adventist ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $10 $35 Keck ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $77 $46 Adventist ↓
Urinalysis $23 $15 Adventist ↓
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy $43 tie
Total knee replacement $98 tie
Total hip replacement $98 tie
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy $291 tie
Inguinal hernia repair, open $232 tie
EKG with interpretation $12 tie
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $6,109 $54 Adventist ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $6,232 $63 Adventist ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) $6,214 $46 Adventist ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $1,710 $17 Adventist ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $268 $26 Adventist ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $390 $42 Adventist ↓
Prostate biopsy $8,214 $995 Adventist ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $2,750 $15 Adventist ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure Keck Adventist
HCAHPS overall star rating 4/5 3/5
Would definitely recommend 82% 71%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 82% 68%
Nurses always communicated well 83% 77%
Doctors always communicated well 82% 76%
Given clear info about recovery 88% 87%
Room and bathroom always clean 75% 77%
Staff always explained meds 65% 61%
Quiet at night, always 61% 54%

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