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Diclofenac Injection

Texas rates for HCPCS J1130

Injection, diclofenac sodium, 0.5 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Diclofenac Injection cost?

$0.30per 0.5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.30 for each 0.5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.21 from a physician practice, and about $0.51 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 0.5 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.21
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.51

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 145% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.21$0.21 to $0.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.51$0.30 to $0.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.2$0.5$1$2facility $1professional $0

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
$0.21
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.24
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$1.07
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$1.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.21
12 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
$0.11
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.06
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Alaska than in Washington. 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.

Texas· 2nd of 51

$0.30

AK $0.34WA $0.21

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.