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USC Norris Cancer Hospital vs Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital.

Side-by-side prices for 35 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (14 vs 7).

USC Norris Cancer Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
Cheaper on 7 of 35 procedures
vs.
Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital
Marina del Rey, CA
Cedars-Sinai Health System
4/5 CMS
Cheaper on 14 of 35 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC Cedars-Sinai Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $4,549 $3,966 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $6,865 $4,407 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $4,156 $3,196 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $2,942 $3,196 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $8,938 $6,798 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,774 $1,709 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Mammogram, screening $951 $390 Cedars-Sinai ↓
DXA bone density scan $813 — tie
Chest X-ray, single view $801 $574 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $25 $411 USC ↓
Lipid panel $107 $196 USC ↓
CBC with differential $19 $319 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $10 $323 USC ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $84 $203 USC ↓
Urinalysis $44 $44 tie
Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy — $656 tie
Total knee replacement — $656 tie
Total hip replacement — $656 tie
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy — $656 tie
Inguinal hernia repair, open — $5,204 tie
Cataract surgery, one eye — $656 tie
Colonoscopy, diagnostic — $656 tie
Colonoscopy with polyp removal — $656 tie
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy — $656 tie
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $5,389 $3,606 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Carpal tunnel release — $656 tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $6,928 $2,447 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Septoplasty (deviated septum repair) — $656 tie
Total abdominal hysterectomy — $656 tie
Thyroid ultrasound $1,330 $1,251 Cedars-Sinai ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $438 $233 Cedars-Sinai ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $595 $276 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $18,988 $656 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Prostate biopsy $7,706 $2,455 Cedars-Sinai ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,326 $1,845 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC Cedars-Sinai
HCAHPS overall star rating — 2/5
Would definitely recommend — 62%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 — 61%
Nurses always communicated well — 72%
Doctors always communicated well — 75%
Given clear info about recovery — 83%
Room and bathroom always clean — 67%
Staff always explained meds — 57%
Quiet at night, always — 46%

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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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