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Erythromycin Lactobionate Injection

Minnesota 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?

$91.20per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $117 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
$91.20
At a hospital outpatient department
$117

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 29% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$91.20$75.86 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$54.95 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $40 to $316Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $71 to $186
$10$20$50$100$200facility $117professional $91

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.78

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 44th of 51

$91.20

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.