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Azithromycin Injection

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS J0456 · Zithromax

Injection, azithromycin, 500 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Azithromycin Injection cost?

$3.98per 500 mg

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for each 500 mg of this drug. Most negotiated rates run $1.95 to $6.03.

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

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $115Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $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
$1.95
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.02

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 20th of 51

$3.98

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.