Shoulder replacement cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 6 hospitals list a cash price for total shoulder replacement: from $6,534.00 to $66,748.06, with a median of $64,208.61. The lowest listed price is at Nationwide Children's Hospital — $57,674.61 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $11,003.40 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 23472, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Columbus, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide Children's Hospital lowest Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 PR ARTHROPLASTY GLENOHUMERAL JOINT TOTAL SHOULDER | $6,534.00 | $7,260.00 | $5,227.20–$5,445.00 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH PR Arthroplasty Glenohumeral Joint Total Shoulder | $60,489.22 | — | $632.00–$63,065.48 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital New Albany, OH · (614) 775-6600 PR Arthroplasty Glenohumeral Joint Total Shoulder | $62,717.88 | — | $632.00–$63,065.48 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 PR Arthroplasty Glenohumeral Joint Total Shoulder | $65,699.33 | — | $632.00–$63,065.48 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH · (380) 898-9000 PR Arthroplasty Glenohumeral Joint Total Shoulder | $66,078.56 | — | $8,399.00–$57,274.43 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 PR Arthroplasty Glenohumeral Joint Total Shoulder | $66,748.06 | — | $632.00–$63,065.48 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $6,534.00, median $64,208.61, highest $66,748.06 — a 10.2× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A total shoulder replacement replaces the ball and socket of the shoulder with artificial parts.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 23472 ($6,045.20). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OHProsthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder | $270.14 | file |