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Ohio Hospital Price Report

What hospitals charge for shoppable care across Ohio — drawn from 100 hospitals' machine-readable files. Figures are medians with robust 10th–90th-percentile ranges across hospitals in the state.

The same procedure, wildly different prices

Even within Ohio, the negotiated price at a pricier hospital can be many times what a cheaper one charges — for the same service.

ProcedureTypical range (10th–90th pct)MedianHospitals
IUD Insertion$106 – $4,802$54462
Initial Hospital Admission (Level 1)$84 – $1,922$17923
Anesthesia for Upper Endoscopy$211 – $4,388$91112
Anesthesia for Screening Colonoscopy$211 – $4,304$1,16212
Urinalysis with Microscopy$3 – $63$886
Abdominal Hysterectomy$1,054 – $20,272$5,48648
Allergy Skin Testing$91 – $1,530$84256
Cesarean Delivery (Global Package)$938 – $15,689$3,80528

Cash can beat the list price

The “gross” charge is the hospital's list price; the cash price is what many will accept from a self-pay patient. For these procedures in Ohio, the cash price is a fraction of the list price.

ProcedureCash (median)Gross / list (median)
MRI Cervical Spine (Neck) without Contrast$1,321$2,538
MRI Thoracic Spine (Mid-back) without Contrast$1,286$2,448
HIV Antibody Test$63$119
MRI Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) without Contrast$1,310$2,413
CT Head without Contrast$820$1,505
Nuclear Cardiac Stress Test$3,528$6,431

The most expensive shoppable procedures in Ohio

ProcedureMedian negotiatedHospitals
Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation$26,58662
Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Posterior)$17,30467
Coronary Angioplasty with Stent$13,38267
Cervical Spinal Fusion (Anterior)$12,67069
Total Knee Replacement$12,46174
Total Hip Replacement$12,41974

Medians and percentiles are computed across each hospital's representative facility price, from its latest machine-readable file. See methodology for how prices are derived.

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