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Erythromycin Lactobionate Injection

Michigan 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 Michigan, 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 $100 from a physician practice, and about $288 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
$100
At a hospital outpatient department
$288

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 188% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$91.20 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$182 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $132 to $617Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $79 to $209
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $100

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
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
5 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
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
JW · Drug discarded
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th 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.