Breathing treatment cost in Corpus Christi, TX
In Corpus Christi, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $43.80 to $43.80, with a median of $43.80. Across Texas, the median is $203.49 at 98 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Oct 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TX Nebulizer Treatment,Init | $43.80 | $219.00 | $165.82 | 80% | Oct 6, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $43.80, median $43.80, highest $43.80.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 94640 ($173.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TXNebulizer Treatment(Init | $9.80 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TXNebulizer Treatment(Subs | $9.80 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TXInhalation Treatment/Aero | $9.80 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TXSub Resp.Trtmnt/Mdi/Disc | $9.80 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TXResp.Treatment/Ippb | $9.80 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TXSub Ippb Inc Dg P/T | $9.80 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TXSub Inhal Treatment/Aero | $9.80 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi, TXResp.Treatment/Mdi/Discus | $9.80 | file |