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Ibuprofen Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J1741 · Caldolor

Injection, ibuprofen, 100 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Caldolor (ibuprofen) cost?

$3.72per 100 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for each 100 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 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 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
$3.72

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$3.16 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$3.72 to $3.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3
$5$10facility $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
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.01
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Colorado 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.

Kentucky· 9th of 51

$3.72

CO $5.25OK $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.