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Acetylcysteine, Noncompounded Inhalation Solution

South 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?

$8.91per g

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for each g of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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
$8.91
At a hospital outpatient department
$10.00

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$8.91$6.17 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$8.91 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $36Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10
$0.1$0.5$2$10facility $10professional $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
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 13th of 51

$8.91

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.