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Ibuprofen Injection

Arizona rates for HCPCS J1741 · Caldolor

Injection, ibuprofen, 100 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Caldolor (ibuprofen) cost?

$5.13per 100 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for each 100 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 100 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
$9.55

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 202% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.16$3.02 to $3.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$5.13 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$5$10$20facility $10professional $3

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
$4.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Arizona than in Oklahoma. 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.

Arizona· 1st of 51

$5.13

AZ $5.13OK $2.57

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.