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Acetylcysteine, Noncompounded Inhalation Solution

North Carolina 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?

$8.51per g

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for each g of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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
$6.17
At a hospital outpatient department
$11.75

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 91% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$6.17$6.17 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$7.76 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $26Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $6

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
$6.17
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.71
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$8.51

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.