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Acetylcysteine, Noncompounded Inhalation Solution

Colorado rates for HCPCS J7608

Acetylcysteine, inhalation solution, FDA-approved final product, noncompounded, administered through DME, unit dose form, per g

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Acetylcysteine, Noncompounded Inhalation Solution cost?

$9.77per g

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for each g of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 g. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

g
In a doctor's office or clinic
$8.51
At a hospital outpatient department
$16.60

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 95% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.51$8.51 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$11.75 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $9
$10$20facility $17professional $9

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
$7.76
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Hawaii 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· 5th of 51

$9.77

HI $12.30OK $7.24

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.