DRG 549 · Musculoskeletal

Joint Infection Cost in Ohio — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for a bacterial infection inside a joint, such as the knee or hip, which causes severe pain and swelling. Treatment typically combines IV antibiotics with a procedure to drain or wash out the joint.

State average
$33,483
gross charge · DRG 549
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$11,101 – $53,923
low to high
Lowest $11,101 Highest $53,923

8 Ohio hospitals publish gross charges for joint infection (DRG 549). Prices range from $11,101 to $53,923 — roughly $42,823 apart. The cheapest is Licking Memorial Hospital (Acute Care) in Newark; the most expensive is Mount Carmel Dublin Hospital in Dublin. The state average sits at $33,483.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of joint infection. 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 joint infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling joint infection 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 joint infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 549 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Licking Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Newark, OH

    Gross charge $11,101
  2. 2

    Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

    Gross charge $12,752
    Cash pay $8,135
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    Wayne Hospital

    Greenville, OH

    Gross charge $15,831
    Cash pay $11,873
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    Ohio State University State Health System

    Columbus, OH

    Gross charge $28,340
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    Genesis Hospital

    Zanesville, OH

    Gross charge $38,069
    Cash pay $22,841
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    Mount Carmel East

    Columbus, OH

    Gross charge $53,923
    Cash pay $35,050
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    Mount Carmel New Albany

    New Albany, OH

    Gross charge $53,923
    Cash pay $35,050
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    Gross charge $53,923
    Cash pay $35,050
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    Mount Carmel St Ann's

    Westerville, OH

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    Cash pay $15,964
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    Wood County Hospital

    Bowling Green, OH

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    ProMedica Toledo Hospital

    Toledo, OH

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    Fairfield Medical Center

    Lancaster, OH

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    Uh Regional Hospitals

    Chardon, OH

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    Memorial Hospital (Marysville)

    Marysville, OH

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    UH Lake Health

    Concord, OH

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    Bellevue Hospital

    Bellevue, OH

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    St. John Medical Center

    Westlake, OH

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    Ashtabula Regional Medical Center

    Ashtabula, OH

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    UH Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, OH

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    Marymount Hospital

    Garfield Heights, OH

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    Southwest General Health Center

    Middleburg Heights, OH

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    Adena Regional Medical Center

    Chillicothe, OH

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    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Lorain, OH

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    UH Ahuja Medical Center

    Beachwood, OH

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    Uhhs Memorial Hospital of Geneva

    Geneva, OH

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    Adena Fayette Medical Center

    Washington Ch, OH

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    University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc

    Cincinnati, OH

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    Union Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dover, OH

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    Summa Health System

    Akron, OH

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    Knox Community Hospital

    Mount Vernon, OH

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    The University of Toledo Medical Center

    Toledo, OH

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    Miami Valley Hospital

    Dayton, OH

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    Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital

    Coldwater, OH

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    Metrohealth System

    Cleveland, OH

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    Good Samaritan Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

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    Berger Hospital

    Circleville, OH

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    TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

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    Salem Regional Medical Center

    Salem, OH

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    West Chester Hospital

    West Chester, OH

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    University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center

    Ashland, OH

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    Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital

    Fairfield, OH

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    Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

    Youngstown, OH

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    Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center

    Lima, OH

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    Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center

    Toledo, OH

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    Mercy Health - St. Joseph Warren Hospital

    Warren, OH

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    Mercy Health - West Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

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    ProMedica Bay Park Hospital

    Oregon, OH

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    Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center

    Boardman, OH

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    Mercy Health - Allen Hospital

    Oberlin, OH

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    UH Conneaut Medical Center

    Conneaut, OH

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    ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital

    Fostoria, OH

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    Cleveland Clinic - Lutheran Hospital

    Cleveland, OH

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    Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

    Cleveland, OH

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    University Hospitals Portage Medical Center

    Ravenna, OH

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    Memorial Hospital (Fremont)

    Fremont, OH

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    Madison Health

    London, OH

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    Glenbeigh Health Sources

    Rock Creek, OH

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