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Surgery and procedures CPT 47600 Ohio Outpatient

Open gallbladder removal cost in Ohio

In Ohio, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for gallbladder removal, open surgery through a larger incision: from $1,658.70 to $49,548.73, with a median of $3,637.98. The lowest price is at Lima Memorial Health System (Lima). The highest price is 29.9× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,637.98, is 4% above the US median of $3,501.84.
  • Ohio ranks 10th of 18 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Ohio's Hospital Care Assurance Program (HCAP): Ohio residents who are not on Medicaid and whose income is at or below 100% of the federal poverty level get basic, medically necessary hospital services free at hospitals in the program; physician bills are not included. Ask the hospital's billing office for an HCAP application. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 47600. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,658.70Lima Memorial Health System
Median$3,637.98half of hospitals charge less
Highest$49,548.73in Ohio
Lowest saves$1,979.28vs the median

Hospitals in Ohio, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima · Lima, OH Removal Of Gallbladder $1,658.70 $1,843.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Knox Community Hospital Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon, OH Cholecystectomy; $2,169.64 $2,712.05 Apr 1, 2026
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Wyandot Memorial Hospital Upper Sandusky · Upper Sandusky, OH WMHC PR REMOVAL GALLBLADDER $3,637.98 $4,042.20 Dec 31, 2024
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Genesis Hospital Zanesville · Zanesville, OH Cholecystectomy $16,685.33 $27,808.88 Mar 27, 2026
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Mercy St Anne Hospital Toledo · Toledo, OH Cholecystectomy $49,548.73 $82,581.22 Apr 1, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Lima, OH 1 $1,658.70 $1,658.70
Mount Vernon, OH 1 $2,169.64 $2,169.64
Toledo, OH 1 $49,548.73 $49,548.73
Upper Sandusky, OH 1 $3,637.98 $3,637.98
Zanesville, OH 1 $16,685.33 $16,685.33
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What open gallbladder removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Open gallbladder removal explained.

Gallbladder removal, open surgery through a larger incision in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.