DRG 552 · Musculoskeletal

Medical Back Problems Cost in Ohio — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.

State average
$32,124
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$11,095 – $37,936
low to high
Lowest $11,095 Highest $37,936

8 Ohio hospitals publish gross charges for medical back problems (DRG 552). Prices range from $11,095 to $37,936 — roughly $26,841 apart. The cheapest is Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg; the most expensive is Mount Carmel Dublin Hospital in Dublin. The state average sits at $32,124.

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

If you're scheduling medical back problems 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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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

    Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Hospital

    Akron, OH

    Gross charge $119
    Cash pay $417
  2. 2

    Pomerene Hospital

    Millersburg, OH

    Gross charge $11,095
    Cash pay $8,876
  3. 3

    Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati, OH

    Gross charge $24,162
    Cash pay $15,193
  4. 4

    Genesis Hospital

    Zanesville, OH

    Gross charge $33,411
    Cash pay $20,047
  5. 5

    Licking Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Newark, OH

    Gross charge $36,582
  6. 6

    Mount Carmel St Ann's

    Westerville, OH

    Gross charge $37,936
    Cash pay $24,659
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    Mount Carmel East

    Columbus, OH

    Gross charge $37,936
    Cash pay $24,659
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    Mount Carmel New Albany

    New Albany, OH

    Gross charge $37,936
    Cash pay $24,659
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    Gross charge $37,936
    Cash pay $24,659
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    Ashtabula Regional Medical Center

    Ashtabula, OH

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    Good Samaritan Hospital

    Cincinnati, 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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    Glenbeigh Health Sources

    Rock Creek, OH

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    Adena Fayette Medical Center

    Washington Ch, OH

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