go back

Azithromycin Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J0456 · Zithromax

Injection, azithromycin, 500 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Azithromycin Injection cost?

$4.17per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.95 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 500 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.95
At a hospital outpatient department
$4.79

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 145% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.95$1.95 to $1.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$3.80 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $191Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $2
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $5professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$45.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in Nevada than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 17th of 51

$4.17

NV $85.11ND $1.95

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.