OH · 126 hospitals · #21 of 51 by charge gap

Hospital prices in Ohio

114 Ohio hospitals reported 174,926 Medicare inpatient stays in 2024. The median hospital charged 4.01 times what it was paid — below the national median of 4.15×, number 21 of 51. The widest gap was at Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center (6.89×), the narrowest at Van Wert County Hospital (1.55×). CMS's price-transparency list records 478 enforcement actions involving 198 Ohio hospitals.

1Median charge ÷ paid 4.01×
2Hospitals reporting 126
3Medicare inpatient stays 174,926
4Price-transparency actions 478

Inpatient charge-to-payment ratio, the 15 Ohio hospitals with the widest gap (100+ Medicare stays), bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Most common stays in Ohio

DRG	Stays	OH avg charge	US avg charge	OH avg paid
871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with...	17,642	$64,290	$90,297	$15,664
291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC	12,342	$42,986	$56,380	$10,652
193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC	5,322	$41,598	$59,757	$10,716
177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC	5,235	$50,577	$70,592	$13,102
690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC	3,568	$25,492	$37,821	$6,811
189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure	3,385	$44,002	$57,570	$10,477
683 Renal Failure with CC	3,273	$28,967	$40,705	$7,599
872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without...	3,067	$34,039	$49,049	$8,621
392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive...	3,008	$27,032	$40,165	$6,923
689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC	2,996	$35,158	$51,326	$9,559

Every hospital

Hospital	Stays	Ratio	Actions
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland	10,806	3.85×	4
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus	8,418	4.19×	1
Miami Valley Hospital Dayton	7,738	4.98×	5
Ohio State University Hospitals Columbus	6,522	4.08×	–
Toledo Hospital the Toledo	6,007	5.81×	–
Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center Toledo	5,310	6.89×	–
Hillcrest Hospital Mayfield Heights	5,226	4.74×	1
Bethesda North Cincinnati	4,925	3.04×	3
Kettering Health Main Campus Kettering	4,152	5.23×	–
Christ Hospital Cincinnati	3,768	3.94×	2
Uh Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland	3,486	3.72×	5
Summa Health System Akron	3,474	6.17×	–
Fairview Hospital Cleveland	3,289	4.34×	3
Mercy Health-St Rita's Medical Center Lima	3,133	5.55×	3
Akron General Medical Center Akron	3,125	4×	–
Mount Carmel East Columbus	3,082	4.94×	5
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC Cincinnati	2,981	4×	–
Grant Medical Center Columbus	2,955	4.07×	2
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Youngstown	2,752	4.71×	–
Southwest General Health Center Middleburg Heights	2,637	3.99×	4
Aultman Hospital Canton	2,448	3.46×	2
Genesis Hospital Zanesville	2,400	2.91×	3
Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital Mansfield	2,310	4×	1
Mh St Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Boardman	2,190	4.24×	–
Marietta Memorial Hospital Marietta	2,081	4.86×	2
Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital Avon	1,995	4.13×	1
Mercy Medical Center Canton	1,931	4.56×	1
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Beachwood	1,928	3.96×	–
West Chester Hospital, LLC West Chester	1,860	4.69×	–
Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital Cincinnati	1,759	5.01×	3
Lake Health Concord	1,727	4.63×	–
Adena Regional Medical Center Chillicothe	1,725	4.58×	4
Mercy Health - West Hospital Cincinnati	1,725	4.89×	1
Kettering Health Dayton Dayton	1,708	5.07×	1
Soin Medical Center Beaver Creek	1,682	4.89×	–
Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital Fairfield	1,641	5.25×	–
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health Cincinnati	1,629	4.02×	–
Medina Hospital Medina	1,596	4.81×	1
Metrohealth System Cleveland	1,588	3.61×	–
Firelands Regional Medical Center Sandusky	1,574	2.67×	2
Fairfield Medical Center Lancaster	1,559	3.08×	3
Parma Community General Hospital Parma	1,554	4.26×	–
Southern Ohio Medical Center Portsmouth	1,536	3.37×	–
Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati	1,535	2.82×	6
Marion General Hospital Marion	1,470	3.38×	–
Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center Springfield	1,447	5.59×	–
Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville	1,446	5.01×	2
Uh St John Medical Center Westlake	1,408	2.39×	2
Atrium Medical Center Franklin	1,331	4.57×	–
Blanchard Valley Hospital Findlay	1,237	2.97×	2
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center Elyria	1,211	4.15×	–
Mh St Joseph Warren Hospital Warren	1,177	5×	–
Marymount Hospital Garfield Heights	1,170	4.22×	3
University of Toledo Medical Center Toledo	1,134	4.58×	2
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr West Steubenville	1,130	2.48×	–
Lima Memorial Health System Lima	1,123	3.77×	–
South Pointe Hospital Warrensville Heights	1,119	4.08×	1
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin	1,104	3.7×	–
Upper Valley Medical Center Troy	1,057	4.68×	2
Licking Memorial Hospital Newark	1,053	3.47×	5
Uh Regional Hospitals Chardon	939	2.06×	–
Doctors Hospital Columbus	891	3.56×	–
Mercy Health-Lorain Hospital Lorain	862	5.01×	–
Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital Batavia	816	4.32×	–
Ashtabula County Medical Center Ashtabula	812	2.68×	3
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital Hamilton	777	4.93×	–
Kettering Health Miamisburg Miamisburg	770	4.45×	1
University Hospitals Portage Medical Center Ravenna	751	4.06×	–
Fisher-Titus Hospital Norwalk	677	2.04×	3
Wooster Community Hospital Wooster	608	2.28×	–
Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Akron	577	4.8×	–
Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis	544	3.62×	2
Union Hospital Dover	537	3.67×	–
East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool	526	2.96×	1
Trumbull Regional Medical Center Warren	518	5.56×	–
Euclid Hospital Euclid	462	4.34×	3
Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital Tiffin	414	3.19×	–
Ohiohealth O'bleness Hospital Athens	385	1.75×	–
Knox Community Hospital Mount Vernon	344	3.29×	–
Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital Coldwater	309	1.88×	3
Berger Hospital Circleville	304	1.88×	–
Memorial Hospital Marysville	300	2.18×	–
Lutheran Hospital Cleveland	285	2.83×	–
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center Cambridge	283	2.19×	–
Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware	280	2.2×	–
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital New Albany	261	4.71×	–
Bay Park Community Hospital Oregon	254	4.76×	2
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery Lima	252	5.87×	–
Kettering Health Troy Troy	228	4.73×	–
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center Ashland	210	2.05×	–
Salem Regional Medical Center Salem	197	1.86×	2
Wood County Hospital Bowling Green	176	2.37×	3
Grand Lake Health System Saint Marys	168	2.11×	3
Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers Bryan	165	1.56×	–
Memorial Hospital Fremont	164	4.05×	–
Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital Defiance	162	3.07×	–
Wilson Memorial Hospital Sidney	162	2.87×	5
Summa Western Reserve Hospital Cuyahoga Falls	154	6.52×	1
Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Oxford	146	2.62×	2
East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry	120	2.57×	–
Avita Ontario Ontario	117	4.29×	3
Coshocton Regional Medical Center Coshocton	112	3.2×	3
Van Wert County Hospital Van Wert	107	1.55×	–
Bellevue Hospital Bellevue	104	3.79×	2
Mary Rutan Hospital Bellefontaine	95	2.24×	3
Alliance Community Hospital Alliance	92	1.75×	1
Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington	82	2.3×	–
Glenbeigh Health Sources Rock Creek	76	2.94×	–
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods Youngstown	69	4.96×	–
Kettering Health Greene Memorial Xenia	49	3.33×	–
Madison Health London	48	2.19×	–
Wayne Hospital Greenville	40	1.94×	2
Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital LLC Mason	39	4.53×	–
Pomerene Hospital Millersburg	22	1.2×	1
Akron Children's Hospital Akron	0	–	1
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati	0	–	5
Dayton Childrens Hospital Dayton	0	–	2
Diley Ridge Medical Center Canal Winchester	0	–	1
Drake Center Inc Cincinnati	0	–	–
James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute Columbus	0	–	–
Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio Portsmouth	0	–	2
Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center Beachwood	0	–	–
Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus	0	–	3
Nationwide Children?s Hospital Toledo, LLC Toledo	0	–	–
Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital Springfield	0	–	–
Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital Cleveland	0	–	1

Price-transparency enforcement in Ohio

142 closure notices, 131 warning notices, 117 “met requirements” findings, 81 corrective-action-plan requests, 7 administrative closures — CMS's actions under the hospital price-transparency rule since 2021. See the enforcement page for what each step means.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.