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Albuterol Compounded Unit Dose Inhalation Solution

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J7609

Albuterol, inhalation solution, compounded product, administered through DME, unit dose, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Albuterol Compounded Unit Dose Inhalation Solution cost?

$0.51per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.51 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.51 from a physician practice, and about $0.62 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 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.51
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.62

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 20% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.51$0.51 to $0.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.62$0.56 to $0.83

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1professional $1

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
$0.51
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$1.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$2.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.85
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.51

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Colorado than in Kansas. 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$0.51

CO $0.60KS $0.19

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.