Breathing treatment cost in Baton Rouge, LA — inpatient
In Baton Rouge, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $82.78 to $385.00, with a median of $233.89. The lowest listed price is at Baton Rouge General Medical Center — $151.11 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $93.94 at 27 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Baton Rouge, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center lowest Baton Rouge, LA · (225) 387-7767 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $82.78 | $118.25 | $61.49–$442.09 | 30% | — source file |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center lowest Baton Rouge, LA · (225) 387-7767 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $82.78 | $118.25 | $61.49–$1,048.00 | 30% | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 NEBULIZER TX | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 NEBULIZER TX SUBSEQUENT | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 NEBULIZER TX INITIAL 2ND MEDICINE | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 NEBULIZER TX INITIAL 3RD MEDICINE | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 MDI TX | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 NEBULIZER TX SUBSEQUENT 2ND MEDICINE | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 NEBULIZER TX SUBSEQUENT 3RD MEDICINE | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 MDI TX SUBSEQUENT | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 NEBULIZER TX MEDICATION 2 | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 MDI TX SUBSEQUENT 2ND MEDICINE | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg, LA · (225) 222-6111 MDI TX SUBSEQUENT 3RD MEDICINE | $385.00 | $385.00 | $7.56–$385.00 | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $82.78, median $233.89, highest $385.00 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $233.89 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A breathing treatment delivers medicine such as albuterol through a nebulizer or inhaler to open the airways during an asthma or COPD flare.
What the price covers
The price is for one treatment. Repeated treatments in one visit can each be billed, and the medicine may be billed separately.