Azithromycin dihydrate, oral at MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL

7218 Crawford Rd, Argyle, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1306897277

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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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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.

$0.39 with Superior Health Plan vs $215.42 with Cigna — 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.39
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.39
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.39
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.39
Cigna IFP $0.75
Aetna QHPHIX $0.75
Cigna QHP $0.78
United OptionsPPO $0.98
Aetna NewBusiness $1.10
Aetna Meritain $1.18
Aetna COMM $1.18
Aetna OON $1.39
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.88
BCBS Traditional $2.46
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $4.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.50
United AllPayerAppendix $21.50
United SmallGroup $21.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $57.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $57.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $84.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $84.54
BCBS EPOSOA $88.72
BCBS PPO $92.91
Humana COMM $94.21
BCBS BluePremier $97.43
Cigna LocalPlus $152.42
Cigna NewBusiness $152.58
Cigna NetworkBenefit $170.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $170.28
Cigna HMO $170.28
Cigna AllOther $215.42
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Azithromycin dihydrate, oral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $81.82 $48.53 – $128.10
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville Beeville $28.89 $12.62 – $49.55
CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Jasper Memorial Jasper $19.85 $12.62 – $73.82
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon San Antonio $41.46 $12.62 – $43.02
CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont Beaumont $114.16 $12.62 – $65.29
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline Corpus Christi $28.89 $12.62 – $41.68
MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SAGINAW $5.89 $21.50 – $152.42
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco $10.47 $21.50 – $152.42

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