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Ibuprofen Injection

Virginia rates for HCPCS J1741 · Caldolor

Injection, ibuprofen, 100 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Caldolor (ibuprofen) cost?

$3.24per 100 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for each 100 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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
$4.79

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 48% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.24$3.16 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$3.39 to $6.17

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3
$2$5$10facility $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
$3.24
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.27
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.31
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
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$0.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.34

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$3.24

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.