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Azithromycin Injection

South Carolina rates for HCPCS J0456 · Zithromax

Injection, azithromycin, 500 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Azithromycin Injection cost?

$32.36per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.04 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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
$2.04
At a hospital outpatient department
$51.29

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2412% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$2.04$2.04 to $2.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$30.90 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $2 to $145Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $51professional $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
$2.40
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.24

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$32.36

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.