3 procedures · 3 hospitals · Columbus, OH · 1,515 staffed beds across 3 facilities · files published through March 2026
What 3 common medical procedures actually cost at 3 hospitals in metropolitan Columbus, OH (Columbus, OH), read from each hospital's own federally-required price-transparency file. Prices here run from about $1,745 for a C-Section to $11,312 for a Hip/Knee Replacement. Hospitals covered include MOUNT CARMEL EAST, MOUNT CARMEL ST ANN'S, SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC. Every figure is tied to a named hospital and its file's publication date. These are price references from public data — not a quote, a bill, or medical or financial advice.
Important — a price reference, not a bill
These figures are aggregated from hospitals' public price-transparency files — not a quote, a
bill, an insurance benefit determination, or medical advice. Your actual out-of-pocket cost
depends on your insurance plan (deductible, copay, coinsurance, network), the exact service and
any complications, and which hospital you use. Always confirm price and coverage with the
hospital and your insurer before care.
What the Columbus numbers show
The widest gap in Columbus: the same Hip/Knee Replacement costs 33.0× as much at one hospital as at another
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC reports $1,745 for a Hip/Knee Replacement; MOUNT CARMEL EAST reports $57,588 for the same billing codes, in the same metro.
How the negotiated, cash and chargemaster figures differ — and where each comes from — is
explained on the methodology page.
Cheapest to dearest, the same Hip/Knee Replacement costs 33.0× as much across Columbus-area hospitals: SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC reports $1,745, MOUNT CARMEL EAST reports $57,588 — an unusually wide gap for identical billing codes.
Every Columbus-area hospital price for a Hip/Knee Replacement (3)
Every Columbus-area hospital reporting a Hip/Knee Replacement in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $11,312 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Cheapest to dearest, the same C-Section costs 6.6× as much across Columbus-area hospitals: MOUNT CARMEL ST ANN'S reports $1,151, MOUNT CARMEL EAST reports $7,568 — an unusually wide gap for identical billing codes.
Every Columbus-area hospital price for a C-Section (3)
Every Columbus-area hospital reporting a C-Section in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $1,745 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Hospital
Negotiated
vs median
Cash
List price
File date
MOUNT CARMEL ST ANN'S
$1,151
34% below median
$23,864
—
Mar 2026
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC
$1,745
at the median
—
—
Apr 2026
MOUNT CARMEL EAST
$7,568
334% above median
$25,251
—
Mar 2026
How these 3 hospitals label a C-Section in their own files
MOUNT CARMEL ST ANN'S
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH CC
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC
MOUNT CARMEL EAST
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH CC
Cheapest to dearest, the same Vaginal Delivery costs 6.6× as much across Columbus-area hospitals: SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC reports $1,745, MOUNT CARMEL ST ANN'S reports $11,516 — an unusually wide gap for identical billing codes.
Every Columbus-area hospital price for a Vaginal Delivery (3)
Every Columbus-area hospital reporting a Vaginal Delivery in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $8,798 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Hospital
Negotiated
vs median
Cash
List price
File date
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC
$1,745
80% below median
—
—
Apr 2026
MOUNT CARMEL EAST
$8,798
at the median
$15,041
—
Mar 2026
MOUNT CARMEL ST ANN'S
$11,516
31% above median
$13,750
—
Mar 2026
How these 3 hospitals label a Vaginal Delivery in their own files
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC
MOUNT CARMEL EAST
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH CC
MOUNT CARMEL ST ANN'S
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH CC
The 3 Columbus-area hospitals behind these prices
Every price on this page comes from one of these hospitals' own machine-readable Standard
Charges files. They sit in 2 different towns
(Columbus, Westerville) across 1county
(Franklin). A hospital's ownership, size and the completeness of its file all
shape what you see above.
MOUNT CARMEL EAST
6001 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH (Franklin County)
It is a large 937-bed private non-profit acute-care hospital with an emergency department. CMS rates it 2 stars out of 5 overall.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here, a self-pay cash price on 3. Its file was last published March 2026 as zipped CSV (CMS schema v3).
500 South Cleveland Avenue, Westerville, OH (Franklin County)
It is a mid-sized 392-bed private non-profit acute-care hospital with an emergency department. CMS rates it 3 stars out of 5 overall.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here, a self-pay cash price on 3. Its file was last published March 2026 as zipped CSV (CMS schema v3).
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here. Its file was last published March 2026 as CSV (CMS schema v3), and lists up to 45 payer-specific rates on a single tracked line item.
Source: hospitals' own machine-readable Standard Charges files,
published under the U.S. Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR §180.50).
Most recent hospital file in this dataset: July 2026.
Prices are references, not quotes or bills, and never medical or financial advice —
where a hospital reports no price, nothing is shown rather than a guess.
Frequently asked questions
Which Columbus hospitals publish their prices?
3 Columbus-area hospitals publish a usable Standard Charges file covering the procedures tracked here: MOUNT CARMEL EAST, MOUNT CARMEL ST ANN'S, SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-COLUMBUS, INC. Each hospital's own file date, bed count and what it does and does not report are listed on this page.
What is the cheapest and most expensive procedure priced in Columbus?
Of the 3 procedures tracked here, a C-Section has the lowest typical negotiated price at $1,745 and a Hip/Knee Replacement the highest at $11,312. Both figures are medians across the Columbus-area hospitals that published a rate for them.