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Meloxicam Injection

California rates for HCPCS J1738

Injection, meloxicam, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Meloxicam Injection cost?

$3.63per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $3.80 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
$3.24
At a hospital outpatient department
$3.80

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$3.24$3.09 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.80$3.39 to $4.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$5$10$20facility $4professional $3

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
$3.09
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$6.31
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.47
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.76

Where California 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.

California· 10th of 51

$3.63

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.