Breathing treatment cost in Cape Girardeau, MO
In Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $32.25 to $118.30, with a median of $75.28. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Southeast — $43.03 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $118.30 at 31 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $32.25 | $43.00 | $5.70–$42.02 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $32.25 | $43.00 | $6.71–$42.02 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO · (573) 334-4822 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Repeat | $118.30 | $182.00 | $173.39–$1,407.20 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO · (573) 334-4822 Airway Obstruction Sputum Induct | $130.65 | $201.00 | $173.39–$1,407.20 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO · (573) 334-4822 Meter Dose Inhaler | $192.40 | $296.00 | $173.39–$1,407.20 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO · (573) 334-4822 Meter Dose Inhaler Repeat | $192.40 | $296.00 | $173.39–$1,407.20 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO · (573) 334-4822 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Initial | $224.25 | $345.00 | $173.39–$1,407.20 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO · (573) 334-4822 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment | $224.25 | $345.00 | $173.39–$1,407.20 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $32.25, median $75.28, highest $118.30 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $32.25. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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 1 it is 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.