How much does anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF), 1 level cost in Ohio?
CPT 22551 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
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22551 Anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF), 1 level
Market typical price
$12,461
84 facilities · typical range $12,146 – $19,748 · 1.0× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$12,461
Medicare $12,867
$601 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $111,377
What Medicare paysⓘ
$12,867
Market typical
$12,461
Cash / self-pay price
$38,350
Prices near you — 84 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel East & West (Columbus) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $601cash | 0.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2,025cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $2,392negotiated | 0.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) | Hospital | $3,997cash | 0.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $4,606cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron) | Hospital | $5,858cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Akron General Medical Center (Akron) | Hospital | $7,150cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) | Hospital | $7,150cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Union Hospital (Dover) | Hospital | $7,150cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $8,386negotiated | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $8,659negotiated | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $10,068cash | 0.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek) | Hospital | $11,438negotiated | 0.9× | — |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $11,824cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $11,889negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Euclid Hospital (Euclid) | Hospital | $11,928negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $11,928negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights) | Hospital | $11,928negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.4% |
| South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights) | Hospital | $11,928negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights) | Hospital | $12,037negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.5% |
| Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Medina Hospital (Medina) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $12,146negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $12,268negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $12,268negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $12,284negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $12,320negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster) | Hospital | $12,379negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $12,382negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $12,382negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $12,419negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $12,503negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $12,504negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $12,754negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $13,117negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $13,238negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $13,240negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $13,278negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $13,315negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) | Hospital | $13,382negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) | Hospital | $13,382negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) | Hospital | $13,382negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $13,763negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) | Hospital | $14,758negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $15,212negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $15,473cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $18,142negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Summa Health System (Akron) | Hospital | $18,220negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) | Hospital | $18,220negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $18,455negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $18,455negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $19,524negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $19,524negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $19,629negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $19,629negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $19,629negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $19,738negotiated | 1.5× | — |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $19,751negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $19,751negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $24,293negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) | Hospital | $25,298negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) | Hospital | $25,298negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $25,298negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $25,433negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) | Hospital | $29,095negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital (Cincinnati) gross charge | Hospital | $36,171cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati) gross charge | Hospital | $40,529cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) gross charge | Hospital | $40,754cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann'S (Westerville) gross charge | Hospital | $40,970cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) gross charge | Hospital | $41,249cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) gross charge | Hospital | $45,739cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital (Cincinnati) gross charge | Hospital | $48,290cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield) gross charge | Hospital | $54,817cash | 4.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) gross charge | Hospital | $57,912cash | 4.5× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) gross charge | Hospital | $63,132cash | 4.9× | — |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) gross charge | Hospital | $79,177cash | 6.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center (Lima) gross charge | Hospital | $103,422cash | 8.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) gross charge | Hospital | $111,377cash | 8.7× | ★★★★★ |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 16 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 22551 cost in Ohio?
For anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF), 1 level (CPT 22551) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $12,461, with hospitals ranging from $12,146 to $19,748 across 84 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $12,867, the benchmark every published rate is measured against. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF), 1 level cost in Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF), 1 level (CPT 22551) in Ohio is around $12,461, with hospital prices ranging from $12,146 to $19,748 across 84 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 22551?
Medicare pays about $12,867 for anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF), 1 level (CPT 22551). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF), 1 level?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.