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Azithromycin Injection

Maryland rates for HCPCS J0456 · Zithromax

Injection, azithromycin, 500 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Azithromycin Injection cost?

$8.32per 500 mg

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for each 500 mg of this drug. Most negotiated rates run $2.82 to $19.50.

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
$2.04

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $27Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
$3.16
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
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
$1.95
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 9th of 51

$8.32

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.