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USC Norris Cancer Hospital vs Coast Plaza Hospital.

Side-by-side prices for 23 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. USC Norris Cancer Hospital is cheaper on more procedures (11 vs 8).

USC Norris Cancer Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
Cheaper on 11 of 23 procedures
vs.
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Pipeline Health
1/5 CMS
Cheaper on 8 of 23 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC Coast Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $4,549 $7,585 USC ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $6,865 $8,164 USC ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $4,156 $3,371 Coast ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $2,942 $6,557 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $8,938 $7,367 Coast ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,774 $1,483 Coast ↓
Mammogram, screening $951 — tie
DXA bone density scan $813 — tie
Chest X-ray, single view $801 $395 Coast ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $25 $141 USC ↓
Lipid panel $107 $519 USC ↓
CBC with differential $19 $300 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $10 $368 USC ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $84 $12 Coast ↓
Urinalysis $44 $96 USC ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $5,389 $4,701 Coast ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $6,928 — tie
Thyroid ultrasound $1,330 $1,972 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $438 $374 Coast ↓
New patient office visit, level 4 $595 $675 USC ↓
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $18,988 — tie
Prostate biopsy $7,706 $6,060 Coast ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,326 $2,705 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC Coast
HCAHPS overall star rating — 1/5
Would definitely recommend — 31%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 — 35%
Nurses always communicated well — 53%
Doctors always communicated well — 52%
Given clear info about recovery — 67%
Room and bathroom always clean — 63%
Staff always explained meds — 35%
Quiet at night, always — 21%

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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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