Heart Attack Cost in Ohio — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with complications — discharged alive.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for heart attack. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Emergency department evaluation and cardiac workup
- Inpatient cardiac monitoring (often in a coronary care unit)
- Diagnostic catheterization and any required stenting
- Inpatient medications and routine labs during admission
Usually billed separately
- Cardiologist, ED physician, and any interventional specialist professional fees
- Ambulance transport
- Outpatient cardiac rehab and follow-up visits after discharge
- Long-term medications (antiplatelets, statins, beta-blockers)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does heart attack best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Heart-Attack Mortality (30-day)
The single most important quality signal — how often patients survive 30 days after a heart attack at this hospital.
Time to Fibrinolysis (STEMI)
For ST-elevation heart attacks treated with clot-busting drugs, every minute counts. Tracks median minutes from arrival to treatment.
Heart-Attack Readmissions
Reflects discharge planning, medication reconciliation, and outpatient cardiology handoff.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For heart attack, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- Heart-attack admissions aren't shoppable in real time — in an emergency, the hospital that can get a patient to a cath lab fastest is typically the right call regardless of price.
- This page is more useful after discharge to evaluate where care was delivered, or ahead of time for chronic-condition planning.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- During an active heart attack: skip this list and call 911 — go to the nearest hospital with a cardiac cath lab.
- After discharge: was every physician who treated me in-network? (ED, cardiologist, interventionalist, hospitalist often bill separately.)
- What outpatient cardiac rehab program is recommended? Is it covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Wayne Hospital
Greenville, OH
Gross charge $6,555Cash pay $4,916 - 2
Pomerene Hospital
Millersburg, OH
Gross charge $13,699Cash pay $10,959 - 3
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge $32,267Cash pay $20,147Medicare pays (avg) $5,570 - 4
Genesis Hospital
Zanesville, OH
Gross charge $36,349Cash pay $21,810Medicare pays (avg) $6,022 - 5
Ohio State University State Health System
Columbus, OH
Gross charge $36,907Medicare pays (avg) $6,352 - 6
Licking Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Newark, OH
Gross charge $47,486Medicare pays (avg) $4,891 - 7
Mount Carmel St Ann's
Westerville, OH
Gross charge —Cash pay $41,063Medicare pays (avg) $5,363 - 8
The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge — - 9
Wood County Hospital
Bowling Green, OH
Gross charge — - 10
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Toledo, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,206 - 11
Fairfield Medical Center
Lancaster, OH
Gross charge — - 12
Uh Regional Hospitals
Chardon, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,425 - 13
Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital
Tiffin, OH
Gross charge — - 14
Chillicothe VA Medical Center
Chillicothe, OH
Gross charge — - 15
Memorial Hospital (Marysville)
Marysville, OH
Gross charge — - 16
UH Lake Health
Concord, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,032 - 17
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue, OH
Gross charge — - 18
St. John Medical Center
Westlake, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,939 - 19
Ashtabula Regional Medical Center
Ashtabula, OH
Gross charge — - 20
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,178 - 21
Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights, OH
Gross charge — - 22
Southwest General Health Center
Middleburg Heights, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,207 - 23
Adena Regional Medical Center
Chillicothe, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,726 - 24
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Lorain, OH
Gross charge — - 25
Trinity Medical Center East & Trinity Medical Center West
Steubenville, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,359 - 26
Glenbeigh Health Sources
Rock Creek, OH
Gross charge — - 27
UH Ahuja Medical Center
Beachwood, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,859 - 28
Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio
Portsmouth, OH
Gross charge — - 29
Twin City Medical Center
Dennison, OH
Gross charge — - 30
Adena Greenfield Medical Center
Greenfield, OH
Gross charge — - 31
Uhhs Memorial Hospital of Geneva
Geneva, OH
Gross charge — - 32
Holzer Medical Center- Jackson
Jackson, OH
Gross charge — - 33
Adena Fayette Medical Center
Washington Ch, OH
Gross charge — - 34
Adena Pike Medical Center
Waverly, OH
Gross charge — - 35
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,218 - 36Gross charge —
- 37
Union Hospital (Acute Care)
Dover, OH
Gross charge — - 38
Summa Health System
Akron, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,562 - 39
Knox Community Hospital
Mount Vernon, OH
Gross charge — - 40
The University of Toledo Medical Center
Toledo, OH
Gross charge — - 41
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,598 - 42
Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital
Coldwater, OH
Gross charge — - 43
Metrohealth System
Cleveland, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,803 - 44
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge — - 45
Berger Hospital
Circleville, OH
Gross charge — - 46
TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,451 - 47
Salem Regional Medical Center
Salem, OH
Gross charge — - 48
Madison Health
London, OH
Gross charge — - 49
West Chester Hospital
West Chester, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,535 - 50
Mercy Health - Anderson Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,184 - 51
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center
Ashland, OH
Gross charge — - 52Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,341
- 53
Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital
Fairfield, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,132 - 54
Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
Youngstown, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,504 - 55Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,390
- 56
Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center
Springfield, OH
Gross charge — - 57
Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center
Toledo, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,659 - 58
Mercy Health - St. Joseph Warren Hospital
Warren, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,033 - 59
Mercy Health - West Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,332 - 60
Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital
Batavia, OH
Gross charge — - 61
ProMedica Bay Park Hospital
Oregon, OH
Gross charge — - 62
Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital
Defiance, OH
Gross charge — - 63
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center
Boardman, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,142 - 64
UH Beachwood Medical Center
Beachwood, OH
Gross charge — - 65
Mercy Health — Kings Mills Hospital
Mason, OH
Gross charge — - 66
UH Conneaut Medical Center
Conneaut, OH
Gross charge — - 67
ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital
Fostoria, OH
Gross charge — - 68
Cleveland Clinic - Lutheran Hospital
Cleveland, OH
Gross charge — - 69
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Cleveland, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,303 - 70
University Hospitals Portage Medical Center
Ravenna, OH
Gross charge — - 71
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center
Elyria, OH
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,843 - 72
Memorial Hospital (Fremont)
Fremont, OH
Gross charge —
6 Ohio hospitals publish gross charges for heart attack (DRG 281). Prices range from $6,555 to $47,486 — roughly $40,931 apart. The cheapest is Wayne Hospital in Greenville; the most expensive is Licking Memorial Hospital (Acute Care) in Newark. The state average sits at $28,877.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of heart attack. 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 heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling heart attack in Ohio, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 281 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.