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Ibuprofen Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J1741 · Caldolor

Injection, ibuprofen, 100 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Caldolor (ibuprofen) cost?

$3.16per 100 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.16 for each 100 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $3.16 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
$3.16

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$3.09 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.16$3.16 to $3.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$1$2$5$10facility $3professional $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
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.17
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$16.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.39
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.39

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 48th of 51

$3.16

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.