Azithromycin dihydrate, oral at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$5.89
Cash price 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.
$5.89
Gross charge 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.
$0.41 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $0.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $0.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $0.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $0.82 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1.25 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1.25 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1.34 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | OON | $1.48 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1.99 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2.62 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $4.28 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4.42 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5.89 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $5.89 | ↑ +0% |
| United | SmallGroup | $21.50 | ↑ +265% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $21.50 | ↑ +265% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $21.50 | ↑ +265% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $57.75 | ↑ +880% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $57.75 | ↑ +880% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $84.54 | ↑ +1335% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $84.54 | ↑ +1335% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $88.72 | ↑ +1406% |
| BCBS | PPO | $92.91 | ↑ +1477% |
| Humana | COMM | $94.21 | ↑ +1499% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $115.17 | ↑ +1855% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $152.42 | ↑ +2488% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $152.58 | ↑ +2490% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $170.28 | ↑ +2791% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $170.28 | ↑ +2791% |
| Cigna | HMO | $170.28 | ↑ +2791% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $215.42 | ↑ +3557% |
| 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 FRISCO HOSPITAL | Frisco | $10.47 | $21.50 – $152.42 |
| MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL | FT WORTH | $5.27 | $21.50 – $152.42 |