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Erythromycin Lactobionate Injection

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $174 from a physician practice, and about $251 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
$174
At a hospital outpatient department
$251

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 45% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$91.20 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$191 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $174 to $437Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $89 to $195
$100$200$500facility $251professional $174

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
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50
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
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 22nd 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.