diff --git a/bus/routes.go b/bus/routes.go
index a9fe9df99..b207c1bc0 100644
--- a/bus/routes.go
+++ b/bus/routes.go
@@ -82,19 +82,15 @@ func (b *Bus) accountsFundHandler(jc jape.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// check price table for gouging
-	gp, err := b.gougingParams(jc.Request.Context())
-	if jc.Check("failed to fetch gouging params", err) != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	gc := gouging.NewChecker(gp.GougingSettings, gp.ConsensusState, gp.TransactionFee, nil, nil)
-	if jc.Check("gouging check failed", gc.CheckUnusedDefaults(pt.HostPriceTable)) != nil {
+	// check only the FundAccountCost
+	if types.NewCurrency64(1).Cmp(pt.FundAccountCost) < 0 {
+		jc.Error(fmt.Errorf("%w: host is gouging on FundAccountCost", gouging.ErrPriceTableGouging), http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		return
 	}
 
 	// cap the deposit by what's left in the contract
 	deposit := req.Amount
-	cost := types.NewCurrency64(1)
+	cost := pt.FundAccountCost
 	availableFunds := rev.ValidRenterPayout().Sub(cost)
 	if deposit.Cmp(availableFunds) > 0 {
 		deposit = availableFunds
diff --git a/internal/rhp/v3/rhp.go b/internal/rhp/v3/rhp.go
index 44d4c91bc..c723d4117 100644
--- a/internal/rhp/v3/rhp.go
+++ b/internal/rhp/v3/rhp.go
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@ func (c *Client) Renew(ctx context.Context, gc gouging.Checker, rev types.FileCo
 	return
 }
 
-func (c *Client) SyncAccount(ctx context.Context, rev *types.FileContractRevision, hk types.PublicKey, siamuxAddr string, accID rhpv3.Account, pt rhpv3.SettingsID, rk types.PrivateKey) (balance types.Currency, _ error) {
+func (c *Client) SyncAccount(ctx context.Context, rev *types.FileContractRevision, hk types.PublicKey, siamuxAddr string, accID rhpv3.Account, pt rhpv3.HostPriceTable, rk types.PrivateKey) (balance types.Currency, _ error) {
 	return balance, c.tpool.withTransport(ctx, hk, siamuxAddr, func(ctx context.Context, t *transportV3) error {
-		payment, err := payByContract(rev, types.NewCurrency64(1), accID, rk)
+		payment, err := payByContract(rev, pt.AccountBalanceCost, accID, rk)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		balance, err = rpcAccountBalance(ctx, t, &payment, accID, pt)
+		balance, err = rpcAccountBalance(ctx, t, &payment, accID, pt.UID)
 		return err
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/test/e2e/cluster_test.go b/internal/test/e2e/cluster_test.go
index 9a801ce43..ec4bfabd4 100644
--- a/internal/test/e2e/cluster_test.go
+++ b/internal/test/e2e/cluster_test.go
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ func TestEphemeralAccountSync(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(accounts) != 1 || accounts[0].ID != acc.ID {
 		t.Fatal("account should exist")
 	} else if accounts[0].CleanShutdown || !accounts[0].RequiresSync {
-		t.Fatalf("account shouldn't be marked as clean shutdown or not require a sync, got %v", accounts[0].CleanShutdown, accounts[0].RequiresSync)
+		t.Fatal("account shouldn't be marked as clean shutdown or not require a sync, got", accounts[0].CleanShutdown, accounts[0].RequiresSync)
 	}
 
 	// assert account was funded
diff --git a/worker/host.go b/worker/host.go
index b5bbb71b7..40695f8b0 100644
--- a/worker/host.go
+++ b/worker/host.go
@@ -214,16 +214,13 @@ func (h *host) SyncAccount(ctx context.Context, rev *types.FileContractRevision)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// check only the unused defaults
-	gc, err := GougingCheckerFromContext(ctx, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if err := gc.CheckUnusedDefaults(pt.HostPriceTable); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", gouging.ErrPriceTableGouging, err)
+	// check only the AccountBalanceCost
+	if types.NewCurrency64(1).Cmp(pt.AccountBalanceCost) < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: host is gouging on AccountBalanceCost", gouging.ErrPriceTableGouging)
 	}
 
 	return h.acc.WithSync(func() (types.Currency, error) {
-		return h.client.SyncAccount(ctx, rev, h.hk, h.siamuxAddr, h.acc.ID(), pt.UID, h.renterKey)
+		return h.client.SyncAccount(ctx, rev, h.hk, h.siamuxAddr, h.acc.ID(), pt.HostPriceTable, h.renterKey)
 	})
 }