University of Southern California ยท Los Angeles, CA
1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 900893238653000
60
Beds
1,545
Inpatient discharges a year
$563.7M
Net patient revenue a year
6
In-network payers
About this hospital
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center is a 60-bed hospital in Los Angeles, CA, affiliated with University of Southern California. Below you'll find publicly disclosed negotiated rates and facility details, including 6 in-network payers and 405 disclosed rate categories.
340B participant
Helipad
CCN
050660
NPI
1770728438
Health system
University of Southern California
County
Los Angeles County
Metro area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA MSA
Medicare contractor
Jurisdiction E, Noridian Healthcare Solutions (01011)
In Medicare since
1983
Last CMS survey
2023
Negotiated Rates
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Rates shown are negotiated amounts between this hospital and insurance providers. Actual patient costs depend on your insurance plan and coverage details.
What Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reported to Medicare in its latest cost report, covering Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025.
1,545
Inpatient discharges
Medicare 23%, Medicaid 6%
16,819
Inpatient days
77% of available bed days used
815
Employees (full-time equivalent)
13
Interns and residents (full-time equivalent)
Source: CMS cost report (HCRIS) (report 828369). Figures cover the reporting period, which is not always 12 months, and are self-reported.
Utilization by payer and unit
Inpatient days and discharges Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reported by payer. Medicare and Medicaid include their managed care plans, shown separately below.
Medicare
Medicaid
Other
Total
Inpatient days
3,641
1,259
11,919
16,819
Discharges
350
100
1,095
1,545
Average length of stay
10.4 days
12.6 days
10.9 days
10.9 days
Average daily census
10.0
3.4
32.7
46.1
2,204
Medicare Advantage days
183 discharges
3,869
Medicaid managed care days
403
Observation bed days
Beds and days by unit
Unit
Beds
Inpatient days
Medicare days
Occupancy
Adults & pediatrics
53
15,163
3,194
78%
Intensive care unit
7
1,656
447
65%
Source: CMS cost report (HCRIS, Form 2552-10), report 828369, as submitted. Hospitals report these figures themselves; they are not audited financial statements. Worksheet S-3 Part I.
Medicare outpatient services
The comprehensive outpatient service groups (APCs) Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center billed Medicare for most in 2024: 3,552 services in all.
Service group
Services
Patients
Average charges
Average Medicare payment
US average payment
Level 2 Urology and Related ServicesAPC 5372
1,629
913
$3,409
$664
$502
Level 3 Urology and Related ServicesAPC 5373
887
725
$10,585
$1,975
$1,516
Level 4 Urology and Related ServicesAPC 5374
181
158
$18,257
$3,398
$2,629
Level 5 Urology and Related ServicesAPC 5375
174
157
$26,943
$5,051
$3,918
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and DrainageAPC 5073
128
109
$24,241
$2,723
$2,141
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and DrainageAPC 5072
Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (2024 data, released 2026-06-24), comprehensive APCs for traditional Medicare; CMS omits services with fewer than 11 claims. The US average weights every hospital by its services.
Where patients come from
ZIP codes with the most Medicare inpatient stays at Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2025. Market share is this hospital's part of every hospital's Medicare stays from the ZIP code. Its published Medicare stays went from 64 in 2020 to 48 in 2025.
ZIP code
Stays
Of this hospital's stays
Days
Charges
Market share
91107
14
29%
92
$1.5M
1%
90032
12
25%
57
$3.5M
1%
90640
11
23%
91
$4.3M
0%
91311
11
23%
63
$1.8M
1%
Source: CMS Hospital Service Area file. Shares are of the 48 stays from ZIP codes CMS publishes; it omits ZIP codes with fewer than 11 stays, so market shares count published stays only.
Staff and facilities
Staff by profession and the rooms and units Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reported at its latest Medicare certification survey (2023). Counts are people, not full-time equivalents.
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians facility affiliations, released 2026-10-15, with names and specialties from NPPES. Affiliation means the clinician bills Medicare for care at this hospital; it is not employment.
Income statement
Revenue, expenses and income Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reported to Medicare for Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025. Percentages are of net patient revenue.
Line
Amount
Share
Gross patient revenue (charges)
$2.2B
383.8%
Inpatient
$469.4M
83.3%
Outpatient
$1.7B
300.5%
Contractual allowances and discounts
-$1.6B
-283.8%
Net patient revenue
$563.7M
100.0%
Operating expenses
-$610.1M
-108.2%
Operating income from patient care
-$46.4M
-8.2%
Other income
$95.9M
17.0%
Net income
$49.6M
8.8%
Gross revenue by payer
Line
Amount
Share
Traditional Medicare
$248.7M
11.5%
Other payers and self-pay
$1.9B
88.5%
Total charges
$2.2B
100.0%
Source: CMS cost report (HCRIS, Form 2552-10), report 828369, as submitted. Hospitals report these figures themselves; they are not audited financial statements. Traditional Medicare is the program charges on Worksheets D-3 and D Part V; Medicaid is from Worksheet S-10.
Financial ratios
Computed from Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's latest cost report.
-8.2%
Operating margin
Operating income from patient care / net patient revenue
7.5%
Total margin
Net income / net patient revenue plus other income
11.8%
EBITDAR margin
Net income before interest, depreciation and leases (Worksheet A-7), / total revenue
Cash, temporary investments and net receivables / current liabilities
0 days
Days cash on hand
Cash and temporary investments / daily operating expenses excluding depreciation
73 days
Days in patient receivables
Net patient receivables / daily net patient revenue
293 days
Average payment period
Current liabilities / daily operating expenses excluding depreciation
3.48
Asset turnover
Total revenue for a year / total assets
8.1 years
Average age of plant
Accumulated depreciation / depreciation for a year
Source: CMS cost report (HCRIS, Form 2552-10), report 828369, as submitted. Hospitals report these figures themselves; they are not audited financial statements.
Balance sheet
What Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center owned and owed at the end of its reporting period (Sep 2025), across all fund types: $189.3M in total assets and a -$288.4M fund balance.
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Line
Amount
Of total assets
Cash and temporary investments
-$8,086
-0.0%
Patient receivables, net
$113.3M
59.8%
Inventory
$17.9M
9.5%
Total current assets
$108.9M
57.5%
Property and equipment, net of depreciation
$80.4M
42.5%
Investments and other assets
$24,742
0.0%
Total assets
$189.3M
100.0%
Current liabilities
$477.7M
252.3%
Total liabilities
$477.7M
252.3%
Fund balance (net assets)
-$288.4M
-152.3%
Source: CMS cost report (HCRIS, Form 2552-10), report 828369, as submitted. Hospitals report these figures themselves; they are not audited financial statements.
Financial trend
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's full-year cost reports, by fiscal year end. Reports shorter than ten months are left out.
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Fiscal year ending
Sep 2019
Sep 2020
Sep 2022
Sep 2023
Sep 2024
Sep 2025
Net patient revenue
$268.2M
$280.6M
$468.7M
$523.1M
$605.3M
$563.7M
Operating expenses
$221.4M
$241.5M
$379.2M
$451.5M
$553.3M
$610.1M
Operating margin
17.5%
13.9%
19.1%
13.7%
8.6%
-8.2%
Net income
$51M
$65.3M
$138M
$138.3M
$121.9M
$49.6M
Total assets
$92.2M
$92.5M
$154.1M
$178.8M
$211M
$189.3M
Discharges
1,529
1,461
1,501
1,491
1,545
1,545
Inpatient days
14,710
12,131
13,192
14,527
16,695
16,819
Medicare Advantage days
569
688
804
1,363
1,996
2,204
Beds
60
60
60
60
60
60
Employees (FTE)
548
577
747
752
798
815
Source: CMS cost report (HCRIS, Form 2552-10), report 828369, as submitted. Hospitals report these figures themselves; they are not audited financial statements.
Departments
Each cost center Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reports, largest first. Total cost includes its share of overhead; the cost-to-charge ratio is total cost / charges.
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Ancillary and outpatient departments
Department
Salaries
Total cost
Charges
Cost-to-charge
Square feet
Drugs charged to patients
$223.9M
$1.1B
0.20
Laboratory
$7.8M
$42.1M
$193.9M
0.22
13,446
Radiology-therapeutic
$4.4M
$24.8M
$166.4M
0.15
14,614
Car t-cell immunotherapy
$24.1M
$81.6M
0.29
Newport beach
$4.8M
$18.4M
$29M
0.63
29,991
Oncology clinic
$6M
$15.9M
$9.3M
1.72
15,374
Clinic
$5.3M
$15.3M
$34.8M
0.44
16,194
Arcadia clinic
$2.5M
$12.3M
$43.2M
0.28
21,304
Medical supplies charged to patient
$12.2M
$6.1M
2.01
Santa clarita
$1.8M
$11.4M
$26.8M
0.42
27,415
Infusion therapy clinic
$4.4M
$11.1M
$43.5M
0.25
6,352
Radiology-diagnostic
$3.1M
$9.4M
$99.1M
0.09
12,373
New port beach rad onc.
$980,335
$7.8M
$13.3M
0.59
Impl. dev. charged to patients
$7.5M
$25.7M
0.29
Blood storing processing & trans.
$388,278
$7.3M
$30.4M
0.24
624
Pasadena clinic
$2.3M
$7M
$11.6M
0.61
8,891
Buena park
$1.5M
$6.6M
$20M
0.33
11,093
Bmt clinic
$1.5M
$6.4M
$12.9M
0.50
Operating room
$1.2M
$4.5M
$31.9M
0.14
4,674
Cancer center la
$870,337
$3.9M
$3.7M
1.05
7,768
Recovery room
$1.3M
$3.1M
$4.6M
0.67
1,690
Respiratory therapy
$746,117
$1.6M
$13.7M
0.11
736
Observation beds (non-distinct part
$1.3M
$2.8M
0.47
Physical therapy
$683,958
$1.2M
$5.6M
0.21
Renal dialysis
$628,397
$2.4M
0.26
172
Electrocardiology
$293,299
$526,686
$10.4M
0.05
Irvine
$1,814
$137,840
$12,193
11.30
Anesthesiology
$64,160
$8.4M
0.01
Inpatient units
Department
Salaries
Total cost
Charges
Cost-to-charge
Square feet
Adults & pediatrics
$18.6M
$49.6M
$108.3M
0.46
17,401
Intensive care unit
$3.5M
$8.5M
$27.8M
0.30
2,280
Overhead (general service) departments
Department
Salaries
Direct cost
Paid hours
Average hourly wage
Square feet
Administrative & general
$1.8M
$108.3M
Employee benefits department
$31.7M
Cap rel costs-bldg & fixt
$14.5M
237,856
Operation of plant
$14.2M
Cap rel costs-mvble equip
$14.1M
Pharmacy
$8.2M
$8.5M
5,842
Nursing administration
$1.6M
$7.8M
Housekeeping
$4.9M
Dietary
$1.1M
$3.8M
4,313
Medical records & library
$1.4M
$3.4M
I&r services-salary & fringes apprv
$2M
Social service
$1.4M
Central services & supply
$733,496
$853,902
1,497
Laundry & linen service
$659,079
I&r services-other prgm costs apprv
$37,226
Cafeteria
-$610,577
Source: CMS cost report (HCRIS, Form 2552-10), report 828369, as submitted. Hospitals report these figures themselves; they are not audited financial statements. Worksheets A, B-1, C Part I and S-3 Part II.
Ownership
Organizations Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reports to Medicare as owners or with operational control.
University of Southern California
5% or greater indirect ownership interest, 100%, since 2021
USC Health System
5% or greater direct ownership interest, 100%, since 2020
Changes of ownership
2021-01-01: Acquired University of Southern California (Change of ownership)
2021-01-01: Sold to Keck Medical Center of USC (Change of ownership)
The officers and board members on Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's Medicare enrollment and on the IRS Form 990 filed under its tax ID.
Officers and directors on the Medicare enrollment
Eric J Strucko Officer, Treasurer, since 2021
Jeannine Y Taylor Officer, Secretary, since 2021
William Sargeant Officer, CEO; President, since 2021
Annette K Sy Director, since 2021
Caryn Lerman Director, since 2021
David H Peng Director, since 2021
Fred A Weaver Director, since 2021
Holly Ann Muir Director, since 2021
James Staten Director, since 2021
Mark J Cunningham Director, since 2021
Mark Todd Director, since 2021
Michael E Gallagher Director, since 2021
Narsing Adupa Rao Director, since 2021
Rodney B Hanners Director, since 2021
Stephanie L Hall Director, since 2021
Steven J Siegel Director, since 2021
Tamara Capretta Director, since 2021
Vaughn Alden Starnes Director, since 2021
Source: CMS Hospital All Owners (PECOS), the people the hospital lists on its Medicare enrollment; the first 18 of 21 are shown.
Programs and facilities
340B drug pricing program
Participating since 2014
340B ID CAN050660-00, registered as a free-standing cancer hospital; 15 registered outpatient sites; 49 active contract pharmacies. Authorizing official: Marty Sargeant, Chief Operating Officer.
Source: HRSA 340B Office of Pharmacy Affairs Information System.
Helipad
Los Angeles County/usc Medical Center
FAA location ID 35CA, a medical-use heliport 0.4 mi from the hospital.
Source: FAA National Airspace System Resource data, cycle 2026-10-01.
About Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's rates and hospital price transparency.
How many patients does Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center admit?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reported 1,545 inpatient discharges and 16,819 inpatient days from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025.
How many employees does Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center have?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reported 815 full-time-equivalent employees on payroll from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025.
How much revenue does Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center make?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reported $563.7M in net patient revenue on $2.2B of gross charges for Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025, an operating margin of -8.2%, and net income of $49.6M.
Who is the CEO of Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's Medicare enrollment lists William Sargeant as CEO; President since 2021.
Does Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center participate in the 340B drug pricing program?
Yes. HRSA's 340B database lists Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center (340B ID CAN050660-00) as a participating free-standing cancer hospital since 2014, with 49 active contract pharmacies.
How many doctors are affiliated with Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center?
834 clinicians who bill Medicare list Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center as a hospital affiliation in CMS's Doctors and Clinicians data. The largest groups are diagnostic radiology physician (53), physician assistant (46), internal medicine physician (32).
Is Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center accredited?
Yes. CMS's Provider of Services file lists The Joint Commission as the accrediting organization for Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center, effective 2023.
Who owns Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center?
In its Medicare enrollment, Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center reports University of Southern California as 5% or greater indirect ownership interest (100%).
What services does Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center offer?
CMS lists 36 services at Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center, including Acute Renal Dialysis, Anesthesia, Audiology, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Chemotherapy, Clinical Laboratory.
Where do Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's patients come from?
In CMS's 2025 Hospital Service Area file, the most Medicare inpatient stays at Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center came from ZIP codes 91107 (14), 90032 (12), 90640 (11).
How many beds does Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center have?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center has 60 beds, including its psychiatric, rehabilitation and other subprovider units, in its latest Medicare cost report. Facility type: Short Term Acute Care Hospital.
Where is Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center and what is its phone number?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center is located at 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089. Its main phone number is 3238653000.
What is Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's CCN (Medicare provider number)?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's CMS Certification Number (CCN), also called its Medicare provider number, is 050660.
What is Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center's NPI number?
The National Provider Identifier (NPI) on file for Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center is 1770728438.
What health system is Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center part of?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center is affiliated with University of Southern California.
Which insurance plans are in network at Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center?
Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center lists 6 in-network payers, including BCBS, Centene, Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, Hometown Health, and is Medicare-certified. Insurance acceptance may vary by plan, so confirm coverage with your insurer or the hospital's billing department.
What price transparency data is available for Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center?
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