How much does single-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC cost in Ohio?
CPT 451 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
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451 Single-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC
⚠ bare numeric assumed MS-DRG; verify
Market typical price
$26,010
87 facilities · typical range $23,519 – $33,671 · 1.1× Medicare IPPS
Typical
$26,010
Medicare $23,507
$18 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $138,404
What Medicare pays
$23,507
Market typical
$26,010
Cash / self-pay price
$60,418
Prices near you — 87 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute For Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $18negotiated | 0.0× | hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $51negotiated | 0.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $3,217negotiated | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $3,933cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Wood County Hospital (Bowling Green) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $3,995negotiated | 0.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Pomerene Hospital (Millersburg) | Hospital | $14,906cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $21,948negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Medina Hospital (Medina) | Hospital | $22,102negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $22,264negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $22,441negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $22,441negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) | Hospital | $22,463negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $22,778negotiated | 1.0× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights) | Hospital | $22,935negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.4% |
| Union Hospital (Dover) | Hospital | $22,941negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon) | Hospital | $22,981negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.5% |
| Knox Community Hospital (Mount Vernon) | Hospital | $23,074negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $23,178negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights) | Hospital | $23,187negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Euclid Hospital (Euclid) | Hospital | $23,289negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) | Hospital | $23,465negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $23,519negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Summa Health System (Akron) | Hospital | $23,563negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) | Hospital | $23,563negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $23,759negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $23,809negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) | Hospital | $23,960negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center (Lima) | Hospital | $23,980negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $24,058negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $24,085negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $24,809negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) | Hospital | $24,882negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $25,036negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) | Hospital | $25,045negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $25,067negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $25,252negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $25,257negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield) | Hospital | $25,460negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) | Hospital | $25,473negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $25,485negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights) | Hospital | $25,648negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $25,688negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center (Ashland) | Hospital | $26,010negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $26,297negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $26,356negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) | Hospital | $26,476negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $26,709negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $26,736negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Akron General Medical Center (Akron) | Hospital | $26,908negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $27,080negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $27,231negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $27,461negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) | Hospital | $27,791negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $27,807negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) | Hospital | $27,945negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $28,694negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $29,315negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital (Fairfield) | Hospital | $29,320negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) | Hospital | $30,105negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $30,123negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) | Hospital | $30,369negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $31,974negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $32,603negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $33,380negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $33,658negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $33,671negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $34,602negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $35,130negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $36,344negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $36,500negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) | Hospital | $36,500negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $38,067negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $38,136negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $38,298cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $38,763negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $38,859negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $38,916negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $39,144negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $41,772negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $45,203negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) gross charge | Hospital | $55,360cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) gross charge | Hospital | $60,418cash | 2.6× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Ohio State University State Health System (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $65,661negotiated | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann'S (Westerville) gross charge | Hospital | $83,591cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) gross charge | Hospital | $87,527cash | 3.7× | — |
| Blanchard Valley Hospital (Findlay) gross charge | Hospital | $118,846cash | 5.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 7.2% |
| Mount Carmel East & West (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $138,404cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
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. 12 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 451 cost in Ohio?
For single-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC (CPT 451) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $26,010, with hospitals ranging from $23,519 to $33,671 across 87 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $23,507, 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 single-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC cost in Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for single-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC (CPT 451) in Ohio is around $26,010, with hospital prices ranging from $23,519 to $33,671 across 87 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 451?
Medicare pays about $23,507 for single-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC (CPT 451). 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 single-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC?
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.