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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Repair) 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

$2,373.80

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.

$3,652.00

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 $5,526.53 with MMO — 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 $384.81 ↓ -84%
Summacare Preferred $384.81 ↓ -84%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $425.54 ↓ -82%
United Managed Medicaid $454.73 ↓ -81%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $468.37 ↓ -80%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $477.47 ↓ -80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $500.20 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $500.20 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $503.22 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $562.42 ↓ -76%
United Medicare Advantage $567.39 ↓ -76%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $567.39 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $567.39 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $567.39 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $567.39 ↓ -76%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $567.39 ↓ -76%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $584.41 ↓ -75%
Summacare Premier $595.76 ↓ -75%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $595.76 ↓ -75%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $612.78 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $624.13 ↓ -74%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $652.50 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $737.61 ↓ -69%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $832.09 ↓ -65%
Oscar All Products $927.97 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,307.42 ↓ -45%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,386.57 ↓ -42%
OHCP All Products $1,420.63 ↓ -40%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,493.32 ↓ -37%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,538.12 ↓ -35%
United All Products $1,540.63 ↓ -35%
United HMO & PPO $1,540.63 ↓ -35%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,567.99 ↓ -34%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,567.99 ↓ -34%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,642.65 ↓ -31%
OMAS All Products $1,826.00 ↓ -23%
PHPHI All Products $2,191.20 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $2,556.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $2,556.40 ↑ +8%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,698.16 ↑ +14%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,739.00 ↑ +15%
Immergrun All Products $2,739.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,921.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,997.95 ↑ +26%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,997.95 ↑ +26%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +30%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +30%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +30%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,188.43 ↑ +34%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,237.79 ↑ +36%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,250.34 ↑ +37%
Multiplan All Products $3,286.80 ↑ +38%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,343.21 ↑ +41%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $3,652.00 ↑ +54%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,898.36 ↑ +106%
MMO SuperMed $5,526.53 ↑ +133%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Repair) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $2,373.80 $1.10 – $3,286.80
akron general Akron $2,373.80 $1.10 – $3,286.80
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $2,545.51 – $2,947.43
avon hospital Avon not published $1,559.13 – $3,405.12
euclid hospital Euclid not published $1,597.38 – $3,405.12
fairview hospital Cleveland not published $1,500.65 – $3,405.12
lutheran hospital Cleveland not published $1,428.67 – $3,405.12
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights not published $1,563.44 – $3,405.12

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