Azithromycin dihydrate, oral at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

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

$10.47

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$10.47

Gross charge

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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.

$0.73 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 CHIP $0.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.73 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $1.29 ↓ -88%
Cigna QHP $1.34 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPHIX $1.56 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $2.28 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMM $2.46 ↓ -77%
Aetna Meritain $2.46 ↓ -77%
Aetna OON $2.88 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $3.14 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $3.14 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.24 ↓ -69%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3.84 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $4.65 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $4.71 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna WCOMP $5.76 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5.76 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5.76 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5.76 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $5.80 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $5.80 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6.07 ↓ -42%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $6.81 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7.33 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7.33 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7.85 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $7.85 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $8.38 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $8.38 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8.90 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9.59 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $9.59 ↓ -8%
Unicare MCD $10.47 ↑ +0%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.50 ↑ +105%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.50 ↑ +105%
United SmallGroup $21.50 ↑ +105%
BCBS BluePremier $55.41 ↑ +429%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $57.75 ↑ +452%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $57.75 ↑ +452%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $84.54 ↑ +707%
BCBS BlueEssentials $84.54 ↑ +707%
BCBS EPOSOA $88.72 ↑ +747%
BCBS PPO $92.91 ↑ +787%
Humana COMM $94.21 ↑ +800%
Cigna LocalPlus $152.42 ↑ +1356%
Cigna NewBusiness $152.58 ↑ +1357%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $170.28 ↑ +1526%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $170.28 ↑ +1526%
Cigna HMO $170.28 ↑ +1526%
Cigna AllOther $215.42 ↑ +1957%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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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 FORT WORTH HOSPITAL FT WORTH $5.27 $21.50 – $152.42

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