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Erythromycin Lactobionate Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J1364 · Erythrocin Lactobionate

Injection, erythromycin lactobionate, per 500 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Erythrocin Lactobionate (erythromycin lactobionate) cost?

$174per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $224 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$162
At a hospital outpatient department
$224

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 38% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$91.20 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$174 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $91 to $479Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $91 to $174
$20$50$100$200$500facility $224professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wyoming than in Oklahoma. 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$174

WY $200OK $63.10

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.