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Meloxicam Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J1738

Injection, meloxicam, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Meloxicam Injection cost?

$3.24per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $6.46 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
$3.16
At a hospital outpatient department
$6.46

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 104% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$3.16$3.02 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.46$3.80 to $8.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$5$10facility $6professional $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
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.07
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.02
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$3.24

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.