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Ibuprofen Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J1741 · Caldolor

Injection, ibuprofen, 100 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Caldolor (ibuprofen) cost?

$3.89per 100 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for each 100 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 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
$3.24
At a hospital outpatient department
$5.13

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 58% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$3.24$3.24 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$4.07 to $5.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$5$10$20facility $5professional $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
$3.24
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.46
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.76
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.24
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
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.65

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 4th of 51

$3.89

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.