How much does Azithromycin Injection cost?

$2.04per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.04 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.04 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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.

Amount givenmg

In a doctor's office or clinic: $2.04
At a hospital outpatient department: $7.94

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 289% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$2.04	$2.04 to $2.04
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$7.94	$2.14 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $6.31 Median $17.38 Typical High $17.38	Facility	Global	$6.31	$17.38	$17.38
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $2.04 Median $2.04 Typical High $2.04	Professional	Global	$2.04	$2.04	$2.04
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2.04 Median $2.04 Typical High $2.14	Facility	Global	$2.04	$2.04	$2.14
BCBS Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $2.04 Median $2.04 Typical High $2.04	Professional	Global	$2.04	$2.04	$2.04
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1.95 Median $1.95 Typical High $3.89	Facility	Global	$1.95	$1.95	$3.89
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $1.95 Median $1.95 Typical High $1.95	Professional	Global	$1.95	$1.95	$1.95
United Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $2.04 Median $2.04 Typical High $9.33	Professional	Global	$2.04	$2.04	$9.33

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 46th of 51

$2.04

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.