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Meloxicam Injection

Alaska rates for HCPCS J1738

Injection, meloxicam, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Meloxicam Injection cost?

$5.13per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$5.13
At a hospital outpatient department
$6.03

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.13$5.13 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$5.25 to $8.32

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$5$10facility $6professional $5

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Colorado than in Missouri. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$5.13

CO $5.25MO $3.02

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.