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
$37,352
gross charge · DRG 549
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$11,101 – $53,923
low to high
Lowest $11,101 Highest $53,923

9 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 St Ann's in Westerville. The state average sits at $37,352.

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
  3. 3

    Wayne Hospital

    Greenville, OH

    Gross charge $15,831
    Cash pay $11,873
  4. 4

    Genesis Hospital

    Zanesville, OH

    Gross charge $38,069
    Cash pay $22,841
  5. 5

    Ohio State University State Health System

    Columbus, OH

    Gross charge $42,719
  6. 6

    Mount Carmel East

    Columbus, OH

    Gross charge $53,923
    Cash pay $35,050
  7. 7

    Mount Carmel New Albany

    New Albany, OH

    Gross charge $53,923
    Cash pay $35,050
  8. 8
    Gross charge $53,923
    Cash pay $35,050
  9. 9

    Mount Carmel St Ann's

    Westerville, OH

    Gross charge $53,923
    Cash pay $35,050
  10. 10

    University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center

    Ashland, OH

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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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    University Hospitals Portage Medical Center

    Ravenna, 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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    Southwest General Health Center

    Middleburg Heights, OH

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    Memorial Hospital (Fremont)

    Fremont, OH

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    Glenbeigh Health Sources

    Rock Creek, OH

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    ProMedica Bay Park Hospital

    Oregon, OH

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    UH Ahuja Medical Center

    Beachwood, 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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  37. 37

    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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    Alliance Community Hospital

    Alliance, OH

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    Good Samaritan Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

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    Marymount Hospital

    Garfield Heights, 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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    Madison Health

    London, OH

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    West Chester Hospital

    West Chester, OH

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    Uhhs Memorial Hospital of Geneva

    Geneva, OH

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