ORLANDO, Florida — August 22, 2026 — NP Collaborator today reported that Ohio nurse practitioners in its contract dataset paid a median all-in cost of $537 per month for collaborating physician arrangements.
The Ohio findings are part of The Fair Price for Collaboration Report, Edition 1, 2026. NP Collaborator operates a commercial marketplace for collaborating physician arrangements and therefore has a financial interest in the market it studies. Some agreements in the dataset were facilitated through its marketplace, while others were submitted from outside sources. Results were not separated by source.
The nationwide analysis included more than 2,000 signed agreements across 20 states, including more than 100 Ohio agreements. The national median was $549 per month.
For Ohio, the 25th-to-75th-percentile interval was $499 to $549 per month. This interval represents the middle 50% of analyzed Ohio agreements and is not the observed minimum-to-maximum range.
“The Ohio contracts in this dataset center on $537 per month, with the middle half falling between $499 and $549,” said Chris Caulfield, RN, FNP-BC, the report’s author and founder of NP Collaborator. “That concentration describes the analyzed sample, but it does not by itself establish market efficiency or predict the appropriate price for every arrangement.”
Methodology and limitations
NP Collaborator provided the following details about its analysis:
- The dataset was assembled on a rolling basis from executed agreements obtained through marketplace activity and direct submissions before publication of the 2026 edition.
- Eligible records identified the applicable state and contained sufficient payment terms to calculate a recurring monthly amount.
- Unsigned proposals and records lacking enough information to calculate an all-in monthly amount were excluded.
- Duplicate copies of the same agreement were counted once, with the most recent fully executed version used when multiple versions were available.
- All-in cost combined physician payments, platform charges, and the collaborating physician’s malpractice coverage cost.
- The sample was not randomly selected. It reflects agreements available to NP Collaborator and may not represent every Ohio arrangement.
- Ohio results pool eligible agreements across specialties. This announcement does not present specialty comparisons because underlying specialty counts are not included in the state summary.
- The analysis describes observed contract prices. It does not establish that particular state rules or operating requirements caused price differences.
- The findings were produced by NP Collaborator and were not independently audited.
The report, Ohio figures, 20-state breakdown, and additional methodological notes are available at npcollaborator.com/collaborating-physician-cost/ohio/.
About NP Collaborator
NP Collaborator operates a marketplace for collaborating physician arrangements and publishes transaction-level information about signed agreements involving nurse practitioners. Its state reports summarize available contract data, pricing components, and methodological limitations.
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