Azithromycin dihydrate, oral at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

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

$5.27

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$5.27

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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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$0.37 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

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 $0.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.37 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $0.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $0.74 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $0.86 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $0.99 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $1.16 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $1.25 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $1.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $1.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $1.58 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.78 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $2.34 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2.37 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2.63 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2.63 ↓ -50%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $2.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2.90 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2.90 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2.90 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3.06 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3.10 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3.10 ↓ -41%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3.69 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3.69 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.74 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $3.79 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3.95 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4.22 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4.22 ↓ -20%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $4.22 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4.48 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $4.53 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5.27 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5.27 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5.27 ↑ +0%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.50 ↑ +308%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.50 ↑ +308%
United SmallGroup $21.50 ↑ +308%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $57.75 ↑ +996%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $57.75 ↑ +996%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $84.54 ↑ +1504%
BCBS BlueEssentials $84.54 ↑ +1504%
BCBS EPOSOA $88.72 ↑ +1583%
BCBS PPO $92.91 ↑ +1663%
Humana COMM $94.21 ↑ +1688%
BCBS BluePremier $104.12 ↑ +1876%
Cigna LocalPlus $152.42 ↑ +2792%
Cigna NewBusiness $152.58 ↑ +2795%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $170.28 ↑ +3131%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $170.28 ↑ +3131%
Cigna HMO $170.28 ↑ +3131%
Cigna AllOther $215.42 ↑ +3988%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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