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Acetylcysteine, Noncompounded Inhalation Solution

South Dakota 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?

$8.71per g

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for each g of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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
$8.71
At a hospital outpatient department
$8.51

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$8.71$8.51 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$8.51 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $18Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $11
$0.1$1$10$100facility $9professional $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
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$17.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.72
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.33

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 28th of 51

$8.71

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.