Fluid Around the Lungs Cost in Ohio — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. Treatment usually involves draining the fluid and treating the underlying cause.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge $31,987Cash pay $19,528 - 2
Licking Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Newark, OH
Gross charge $32,171 - 3
Genesis Hospital
Zanesville, OH
Gross charge $32,432Cash pay $19,459 - 4
Ohio State University State Health System
Columbus, OH
Gross charge $46,609 - 5
Mount Carmel East
Columbus, OH
Gross charge $49,087Cash pay $31,907 - 6
Mount Carmel New Albany
New Albany, OH
Gross charge $49,087Cash pay $31,907 - 7
Mount Carmel Dublin Hospital
Dublin, OH
Gross charge $49,087Cash pay $31,907 - 8
Mount Carmel St Ann's
Westerville, OH
Gross charge $49,087Cash pay $31,907 - 9
Mercy Health - Anderson Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge — - 10
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center
Ashland, OH
Gross charge — - 11
The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge — - 12
Wood County Hospital
Bowling Green, OH
Gross charge — - 13Gross charge —
- 14
Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital
Fairfield, OH
Gross charge — - 15
Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
Youngstown, OH
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
- 17
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Toledo, OH
Gross charge — - 18
Fairfield Medical Center
Lancaster, OH
Gross charge — - 19
Uh Regional Hospitals
Chardon, OH
Gross charge — - 20
University Hospitals Portage Medical Center
Ravenna, OH
Gross charge — - 21
Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center
Springfield, OH
Gross charge — - 22
Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital
Tiffin, OH
Gross charge — - 23
Chillicothe VA Medical Center
Chillicothe, OH
Gross charge — - 24
Memorial Hospital (Marysville)
Marysville, OH
Gross charge — - 25
UH Lake Health
Concord, OH
Gross charge — - 26
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue, OH
Gross charge — - 27
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center
Toledo, OH
Gross charge — - 28
St. John Medical Center
Westlake, OH
Gross charge — - 29
Ashtabula Regional Medical Center
Ashtabula, OH
Gross charge — - 30
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Gross charge — - 31
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center
Elyria, OH
Gross charge — - 32
Southwest General Health Center
Middleburg Heights, OH
Gross charge — - 33
Memorial Hospital (Fremont)
Fremont, OH
Gross charge — - 34
Mercy Health - St. Joseph Warren Hospital
Warren, OH
Gross charge — - 35
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Lorain, OH
Gross charge — - 36
Trinity Medical Center East & Trinity Medical Center West
Steubenville, OH
Gross charge — - 37
Mercy Health - West Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge — - 38
Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital
Batavia, OH
Gross charge — - 39
Glenbeigh Health Sources
Rock Creek, OH
Gross charge — - 40
ProMedica Bay Park Hospital
Oregon, OH
Gross charge — - 41
Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital
Defiance, OH
Gross charge — - 42
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center
Boardman, OH
Gross charge — - 43
UH Ahuja Medical Center
Beachwood, OH
Gross charge — - 44
Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio
Portsmouth, OH
Gross charge — - 45
UH Beachwood Medical Center
Beachwood, OH
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Health — Kings Mills Hospital
Mason, OH
Gross charge — - 47
Twin City Medical Center
Dennison, OH
Gross charge — - 48
Adena Greenfield Medical Center
Greenfield, OH
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Health - Allen Hospital
Oberlin, OH
Gross charge — - 50
UH Conneaut Medical Center
Conneaut, OH
Gross charge — - 51
Mercy Health - Willard Hospital
Willard, OH
Gross charge — - 52
Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital
Urbana, OH
Gross charge — - 53
ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital
Fostoria, OH
Gross charge — - 54
Holzer Medical Center- Jackson
Jackson, OH
Gross charge — - 55
Adena Fayette Medical Center
Washington Ch, OH
Gross charge — - 56
Adena Pike Medical Center
Waverly, OH
Gross charge — - 57
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge — - 58
Union Hospital (Acute Care)
Dover, OH
Gross charge — - 59
Summa Health System
Akron, OH
Gross charge — - 60
Knox Community Hospital
Mount Vernon, OH
Gross charge — - 61
The University of Toledo Medical Center
Toledo, OH
Gross charge — - 62
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH
Gross charge — - 63
Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital
Coldwater, OH
Gross charge — - 64
Metrohealth System
Cleveland, OH
Gross charge — - 65
Alliance Community Hospital
Alliance, OH
Gross charge — - 66
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge — - 67
Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights, OH
Gross charge — - 68
Berger Hospital
Circleville, OH
Gross charge — - 69
TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge — - 70
Salem Regional Medical Center
Salem, OH
Gross charge — - 71
Madison Health
London, OH
Gross charge — - 72
West Chester Hospital
West Chester, OH
Gross charge — - 73
Uhhs Memorial Hospital of Geneva
Geneva, OH
Gross charge —
8 Ohio hospitals publish gross charges for fluid around the lungs (DRG 187). Prices range from $31,987 to $49,087 — roughly $17,100 apart. The cheapest is Christ Hospital in Cincinnati; the most expensive is Mount Carmel St Ann's in Westerville. The state average sits at $42,444.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists fluid around the lungs at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent fluid around the lungs admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Ohio hospitals missing from the list either don't perform fluid around the lungs in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 187 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.