Breathing treatment cost in Brownsville, TX
In Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $218.00 to $398.62, with a median of $308.31. The lowest listed price is at Harlingen Medical Center — $90.31 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $203.49 at 234 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $218.00 | $865.60 | $43.63–$1,102.46 | 75% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 HHN TX - 94640 - 413090863 | $218.00 | $984.35 | $43.63–$1,102.46 | 78% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 HYPERTONIC SPUTUM INDUCTION | $218.00 | $1,378.08 | $43.63–$1,102.46 | 84% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 HHN TX - 94640 - 413090865 | $218.00 | $958.00 | $43.63–$1,102.46 | 77% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 SPUTIND | $398.62 | $398.62 | $27.90–$600.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 INH TX AC AWY OBST | $411.49 | $411.49 | $28.80–$600.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 MDI VENT | $505.74 | $505.74 | $35.40–$600.00 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $218.00, median $308.31, highest $398.62 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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.