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USC Norris Cancer Hospital vs USC Verdugo Hills 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 7).

USC Norris Cancer Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
Cheaper on 11 of 23 procedures
vs.
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Glendale, CA
Keck Medicine of USC
3/5 CMS
Cheaper on 7 of 23 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure USC USC Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $4,549 $3,836 USC ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $6,865 $6,870 USC ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $4,156 $5,343 USC ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $2,942 $5,469 USC ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $8,938 $8,135 USC ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,774 $2,946 USC ↓
Mammogram, screening $951 $771 USC ↓
DXA bone density scan $813 — tie
Chest X-ray, single view $801 $572 USC ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $25 $644 USC ↓
Lipid panel $107 $239 USC ↓
CBC with differential $19 $142 USC ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $10 $265 USC ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $84 $11 USC ↓
Urinalysis $44 $11 USC ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $5,389 $6,767 USC ↓
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $6,928 $1,236 USC ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $1,330 $1,571 USC ↓
New patient office visit, level 3 $438 — tie
New patient office visit, level 4 $595 — tie
Ureteroscopy with lithotripsy (kidney stone) $18,988 — tie
Prostate biopsy $7,706 — tie
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,326 $2,103 USC ↓

Patient experience.

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

Measure USC USC
HCAHPS overall star rating — 3/5
Would definitely recommend — 71%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 — 66%
Nurses always communicated well — 77%
Doctors always communicated well — 77%
Given clear info about recovery — 83%
Room and bathroom always clean — 76%
Staff always explained meds — 60%
Quiet at night, always — 41%

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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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