California / Usc Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital

CMS certification 050660 · Los Angeles, CA · 2 entries in CMS's price-transparency list

Usc Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital: charges and Medicare payments

Usc Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital reported Medicare outpatient services in 20 service groups in 2024 but no inpatient stays above CMS's reporting threshold. It also billed 3,552 outpatient services, charging 5.05 times what Medicare paid.

1Medicare inpatient stays 0
2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient –
3Rank in CA (highest ratio = 1) –
4CMS price-transparency actions 2

Outpatient services

Service (APC)	Services	Avg charge	Medicare allowed
Level 2 Urology and Related Services	1,629	$3,409	$838
Level 3 Urology and Related Services	887	$10,585	$2,486
Level 4 Urology and Related Services	181	$18,257	$4,269
Level 5 Urology and Related Services	174	$26,943	$6,343
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	128	$24,241	$3,433
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	107	$10,294	$1,993
Level 3 Vascular Procedures	91	$19,856	$3,885
Level 8 Urology and Related Services	69	$78,585	$24,553
Level 2 Vascular Procedures	56	$13,964	$1,941
Level 6 Urology and Related Services	56	$41,503	$11,313
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	27	$41,690	$8,096
Level 7 Radiation Therapy	26	$46,511	$9,568
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures	24	$57,187	$13,503
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures	15	$33,191	$6,115
Level 1 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	15	$20,280	$4,183
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	15	$151,592	$38,054
Comprehensive Observation Services	15	$23,333	$3,365
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures	14	$13,168	$3,453
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	12	$68,044	$26,818
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures	11	$49,279	$9,285

Against the California average

For Level 2 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5372), its average charge of $3,409 was 30% below the state average of $4,853. For Level 3 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5373), its average charge of $10,585 was 41% below the state average of $17,793. For Level 4 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5374), its average charge of $18,257 was 50% below the state average of $36,378. For Level 5 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5375), its average charge of $26,943 was 47% below the state average of $51,167.

Price-transparency record

CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Usc Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:

Warning Notice — 2025-03-28 (CMS case 3435)
Closure Notice — 2025-04-10 (CMS case 3435)

A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.

Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.