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Autochondrocyte implant knee at mercy hospital

1320 Mercy Drive Northwest, Canton, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1366433195

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$6,432.40

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$9,896.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $4,036,081.00 with The Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $1,016.61 ↓ -84%
Summacare Preferred $1,016.61 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $1,093.70 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $1,233.76 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $1,270.77 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $1,295.45 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,329.42 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,357.14 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $1,357.14 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,458.26 ↓ -77%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,458.26 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,458.26 ↓ -77%
United Medicare Advantage $1,458.26 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,458.26 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $1,458.26 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,485.82 ↓ -77%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $1,502.01 ↓ -77%
Summacare Premier $1,531.17 ↓ -76%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,531.17 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan PPO $1,560.34 ↓ -76%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $1,574.92 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $1,604.09 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $1,677.00 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $1,895.74 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $2,205.28 ↓ -66%
Oscar All Products $2,514.57 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,542.77 ↓ -45%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $3,545.24 ↓ -45%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $3,651.60 ↓ -43%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,665.69 ↓ -43%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $3,722.50 ↓ -42%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $3,722.50 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $3,849.54 ↓ -40%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $3,899.76 ↓ -39%
United All Products $4,072.99 ↓ -37%
United HMO & PPO $4,072.99 ↓ -37%
OMAS All Products $4,948.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $5,937.60 ↓ -8%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,940.60 ↓ -8%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $6,600.66 ↑ +3%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,600.66 ↑ +3%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +7%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,864.94 ↑ +7%
MMO Traditional $6,927.20 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $6,927.20 ↑ +8%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,070.89 ↑ +10%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,128.72 ↑ +11%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,208.19 ↑ +12%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $7,414.13 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $7,422.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $7,422.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $7,916.80 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $8,906.40 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $9,896.00 ↑ +54%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $10,826.38 ↑ +68%
MMO SuperMed $12,214.27 ↑ +90%
The Health Plan HMO $1,276,448.04 ↑ +19744%
The Health Plan POS $4,036,081.00 ↑ +62646%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital

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Autochondrocyte implant knee at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $6,432.40 $1.10 – $8,906.40
akron general Akron $6,432.40 $1.10 – $8,906.40
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lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $3,391.76 – $7,551.43
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