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Knee arthroscopy/drainage 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

$1,913.60

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.

$2,944.00

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 $319.96 ↓ -83%
Summacare Preferred $319.96 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $355.63 ↓ -81%
United Managed Medicaid $384.05 ↓ -80%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $395.57 ↓ -79%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $403.25 ↓ -79%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $418.40 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $422.46 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $422.46 ↓ -78%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $467.63 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $474.17 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $474.17 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $474.17 ↓ -75%
United Medicare Advantage $474.17 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $474.17 ↓ -75%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $474.17 ↓ -75%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $488.40 ↓ -74%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $497.88 ↓ -74%
Summacare Premier $497.88 ↓ -74%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $512.10 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $521.59 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $545.30 ↓ -72%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $616.42 ↓ -68%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $690.96 ↓ -64%
Oscar All Products $748.07 ↓ -61%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $1,053.95 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $1,145.22 ↓ -40%
United All Products - Mid-Level $1,152.11 ↓ -40%
United All Products $1,280.13 ↓ -33%
United HMO & PPO $1,280.13 ↓ -33%
OMAS All Products $1,472.00 ↓ -23%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $1,493.32 ↓ -22%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $1,538.12 ↓ -20%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $1,567.99 ↓ -18%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $1,567.99 ↓ -18%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $1,642.65 ↓ -14%
PHPHI All Products $1,766.40 ↓ -8%
MMO Traditional $2,060.80 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $2,060.80 ↑ +8%
Immergrun All Products $2,208.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $2,208.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $2,355.20 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $2,649.60 ↑ +38%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,698.16 ↑ +41%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $2,944.00 ↑ +54%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $2,997.95 ↑ +57%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,997.95 ↑ +57%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +62%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +62%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,095.56 ↑ +62%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,188.43 ↑ +67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,237.79 ↑ +69%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,250.34 ↑ +70%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $3,343.21 ↑ +75%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $4,898.36 ↑ +156%
MMO SuperMed $5,526.53 ↑ +189%
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital

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Knee arthroscopy/drainage at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $1,913.60 $1.10 – $3,095.56
akron general Akron $1,913.60 $1.10 – $3,237.79
avon hospital Avon not published $1,559.13 – $3,405.12
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $2,545.51 – $2,947.43
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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