Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) 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

$882.70

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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.

$1,358.00

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.

$0.01 with UNITED vs $3,004.00 with AETNA — 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
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $0.01 ↓ -100%
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Summacare Preferred $27.86 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $27.86 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $29.35 ↓ -97%
United Managed Medicaid $29.83 ↓ -97%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $30.72 ↓ -97%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $31.32 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $32.81 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $32.81 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $36.43 ↓ -96%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $39.13 ↓ -96%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -96%
United Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -96%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $40.30 ↓ -95%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $40.72 ↓ -95%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $41.09 ↓ -95%
Summacare Premier $41.09 ↓ -95%
Oscar All Products $42.18 ↓ -95%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $42.26 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan All Products PCP $43.04 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan All Products Specialty Physicians $45.00 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan All Products Radiation Oncology Physicians $50.87 ↓ -94%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $59.43 ↓ -93%
OHCP All Products $64.57 ↓ -93%
Cigna All Products Mid-Level $79.65 ↓ -91%
Aetna Acop $82.96 ↓ -91%
OMAS All Products $83.00 ↓ -91%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $85.19 ↓ -90%
Cigna All Products Physician $94.11 ↓ -89%
PHPHI All Products $99.60 ↓ -89%
MMO Traditional $116.20 ↓ -87%
GMS All Products $116.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna All Products First Health $124.50 ↓ -86%
Immergrun All Products $124.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna Asa $132.80 ↓ -85%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $142.50 ↓ -84%
United All Products - Mid-Level $143.00 ↓ -84%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $146.78 ↓ -83%
Multiplan All Products $149.40 ↓ -83%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $149.63 ↓ -83%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $149.63 ↓ -83%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $156.75 ↓ -82%
United All Products $158.89 ↓ -82%
United HMO & PPO $158.89 ↓ -82%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $166.00 ↓ -81%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $245.47 ↓ -72%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $272.75 ↓ -69%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $272.75 ↓ -69%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -67%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -67%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $290.40 ↓ -67%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $294.57 ↓ -67%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $299.11 ↓ -66%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $304.92 ↓ -65%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $313.63 ↓ -64%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $384.04 ↓ -56%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $434.56 ↓ -51%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $434.56 ↓ -51%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $459.00 ↓ -48%
MMO SuperMed $505.34 ↓ -43%
Summacare PREMIER $518.76 ↓ -41%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $591.34 ↓ -33%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $611.10 ↓ -31%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $640.98 ↓ -27%
ANTHEM HPN $654.15 ↓ -26%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $659.99 ↓ -25%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $679.00 ↓ -23%
Immergrun ALL PRODUCTS $679.00 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM Exchange $692.58 ↓ -22%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $733.32 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $750.97 ↓ -15%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $769.58 ↓ -13%
The Health Plan PPO $866.95 ↓ -2%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $950.60 ↑ +8%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $950.60 ↑ +8%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,018.50 ↑ +15%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,018.50 ↑ +15%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $1,018.50 ↑ +15%
The Health Plan Self-Funded ASO $1,140.72 ↑ +29%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $1,222.20 ↑ +38%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $1,222.20 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,222.20 ↑ +38%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $1,358.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan POS $1,358.00 ↑ +54%
The Health Plan HMO $1,358.00 ↑ +54%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $2,860.00 ↑ +224%
AETNA International $3,004.00 ↑ +240%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —

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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati $6,226.38 $278.19 – $283.76
Clermont Hospital Batavia $1,368.54 $299.13 – $305.11
Kings Mills Hospital Mason $6,837.36 $299.13 – $305.11
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati $1,387.44 $304.32 – $310.41
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $535.61 $192.85 – $791.56
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland $882.70 $0.01 – $1,222.20
akron general Akron $882.70 $0.01 – $1,222.20
avon hospital Avon $882.70 $0.01 – $1,222.20

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