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Erythromycin Lactobionate Injection

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS J1364 · Erythrocin Lactobionate

Injection, erythromycin lactobionate, per 500 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Erythrocin Lactobionate (erythromycin lactobionate) cost?

$91.20per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 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 $138 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
$91.20
At a hospital outpatient department
$138

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 51% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 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$91.20$91.20 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$91.20 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $91 to $269Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $28 to $138
$20$50$100$200$500facility $138professional $91

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
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$223.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$37.15

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Delaware than in Hawaii. 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$91.20

DE $204HI $29.51

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.