Contents

 

Antimicrobial Costs

(Updated July 2008)

 

Drug Name

Route

DDD*     (g)

# of times/day

Acquisition    Price

Labor Cost

Inpatient Cost/Day**

AWP pricing

Outpatient Cost/Day***

Amikacin

IV

1

3

$6.70

$10.50

$17.20

$9.03

N/A

Amphotericin B

IV

0.035

1

$6.81

$3.50

$10.31

$17.15

N/A

AmphoB Lipid Complex

IV

0.35

1

$255.33

$3.50

$258.83

$840

N/A

Amoxicillin

PO

1

2

$0.17

$2.50

$2.67

$0.74

$1.47

Ampicillin

IV

2

4

$6.17

$14

$20.17

$16.75

N/A

Ampicillin/Sulbactam#

IV

8

4

$22.03

$14

$36.03

$37.41

N/A

Anidulafungin

IV

0.1

NF

NF

NF

NF

$225

N/A

Augmentin (500mg)

PO

1

2

$1.36

$2.50

$3.86

$7.57

$6.10

Azithromycin

IV

0.5

1

$7.27

$3.50

$10.77

$20.63

N/A

Azithromycin

PO

0.3

1

$3.59

$1.25

$4.84

$9.33

$6.11

Aztreonam

IV

4

3

$111.99

$10.50

$122.49

$153.24

N/A

Capreomycin

IV

1

NF

NF

NF

NF

$25.54

N/A

Caspofungin

IV

0.05

NF

NF

NF

NF

$412.01

N/A

Cefaclor

PO

1

NF

NF

NF

NF

$7.79

$8.75

Cefazolin

IV

3

3

$2.39

$10.50

$12.89

$7.20

N/A

Cefdinir

PO

0.6

NF

NF

NF

NF

$10.23

$1.75

Cefepime

IV

2

2

$11.57

$7

$18.57

$40.36

N/A

Cefpodoxime

PO

0.4

NF

NF

NF

NF

$13.50

$13.25

Cefotaxime

IV

4

3

$9.80

$10.50

$20.30

$18.48

N/A

Cefotetan

IV

4

NF

NF

NF

NF

$56.90

N/A

Cefoxitin

IV

6

4

$23.05

$14

$37.05

$67.50

N/A

Ceftazidime

IV

4

2

$20.09

$7

$27.09

$52.20

N/A

Ceftizoxime

IV

4

NF

NF

NF

NF

$47.48

N/A

Ceftriaxone

IV

2

1

$8.19

$3.50

$11.69

$12.00

N/A

Cefuroxime

IV

3

2