DRG 065 · Nervous System

Stroke Cost in Ohio — Compare All Hospitals

A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.

State average
$31,833
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$14,631 – $46,032
low to high
Lowest $14,631 Highest $46,032

5 Ohio hospitals publish gross charges for stroke (DRG 065). Prices range from $14,631 to $46,032 — roughly $31,401 apart. The cheapest is Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg; the most expensive is Ohio State University State Health System in Columbus. The state average sits at $31,833.

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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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

    Pomerene Hospital

    Millersburg, OH

    Gross charge $14,631
    Cash pay $11,705
  2. 2

    Genesis Hospital

    Zanesville, OH

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,260
    Cash pay $17,556
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,939
  3. 3

    Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,329
    Cash pay $19,186
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,139
  4. 4

    Licking Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Newark, OH

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $37,912
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,840
  5. 5

    Ohio State University State Health System

    Columbus, OH

    109 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $46,032
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,885
  6. 6

    Mount Carmel St Ann's

    Westerville, OH

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $36,466
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,894
  7. 7

    The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health

    Cincinnati, OH

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,705
  8. 8

    Wood County Hospital

    Bowling Green, OH

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    ProMedica Toledo Hospital

    Toledo, OH

    107 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,527
  10. 10

    Fairfield Medical Center

    Lancaster, OH

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,267
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    Uh Regional Hospitals

    Chardon, OH

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,391
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    Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital

    Tiffin, OH

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    Memorial Hospital (Marysville)

    Marysville, OH

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    UH Lake Health

    Concord, OH

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,127
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    Bellevue Hospital

    Bellevue, OH

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    St. John Medical Center

    Westlake, OH

    22 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $9,959
  18. 18

    Ashtabula Regional Medical Center

    Ashtabula, OH

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,467
  19. 19

    UH Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, OH

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,409
  20. 20

    Marymount Hospital

    Garfield Heights, OH

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,210
  21. 21

    Southwest General Health Center

    Middleburg Heights, OH

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,697
  22. 22

    Adena Regional Medical Center

    Chillicothe, OH

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,124
  23. 23

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Lorain, OH

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,878
  24. 24

    Trinity Medical Center East & Trinity Medical Center West

    Steubenville, OH

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,226
  25. 25

    UH Ahuja Medical Center

    Beachwood, OH

    37 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,327
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    Uhhs Memorial Hospital of Geneva

    Geneva, OH

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    Holzer Medical Center- Jackson

    Jackson, OH

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    Adena Fayette Medical Center

    Washington Ch, OH

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    University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc

    Cincinnati, OH

    45 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $8,966
  34. 34

    Lima Memorial Health System (Acute Care)

    Lima, OH

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,271
  35. 35

    Union Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dover, OH

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,653
  36. 36

    Summa Health System

    Akron, OH

    54 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,973
  37. 37

    Knox Community Hospital

    Mount Vernon, OH

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    The University of Toledo Medical Center

    Toledo, OH

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,191
  39. 39

    Miami Valley Hospital

    Dayton, OH

    104 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,375
  40. 40

    Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital

    Coldwater, OH

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    Metrohealth System

    Cleveland, OH

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,582
  42. 42

    Good Samaritan Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,629
  43. 43

    Berger Hospital

    Circleville, OH

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,335
  44. 44

    TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

    51 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,728
  45. 45

    Salem Regional Medical Center

    Salem, OH

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  46. 46

    West Chester Hospital

    West Chester, OH

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,577
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    Fulton County Health Center

    Wauseon, OH

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    Mercy Health - Anderson Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,459
  50. 50

    University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center

    Ashland, OH

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  51. 51

    Parma Community General Hospital Therapy Center

    Parma, OH

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,139
  52. 52

    Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital

    Fairfield, OH

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,048
  53. 53

    Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

    Youngstown, OH

    95 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,376
  54. 54

    Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center

    Lima, OH

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,825
  55. 55

    Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center

    Springfield, OH

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,506
  56. 56

    Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center

    Toledo, OH

    65 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,925
  57. 57

    Mercy Health - St. Joseph Warren Hospital

    Warren, OH

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,526
  58. 58

    Mercy Health - West Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,746
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    Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital

    Batavia, OH

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,167
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    ProMedica Bay Park Hospital

    Oregon, OH

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    Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital

    Defiance, 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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    Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital

    Urbana, OH

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  68. 68

    ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital

    Fostoria, OH

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    Cleveland Clinic - Lutheran Hospital

    Cleveland, OH

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  70. 70

    Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

    Cleveland, OH

    66 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,951
  71. 71

    University Hospitals Portage Medical Center

    Ravenna, OH

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,260
  72. 72

    University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center

    Elyria, OH

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,478
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    Memorial Hospital (Fremont)

    Fremont, OH

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  74. 74

    Madison Health

    London, OH

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    Glenbeigh Health Sources

    Rock Creek, OH

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