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Doctor visits and therapy CPT 94640 Outpatient

Breathing treatment cost in El Paso, TX

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $17.73 to $20.20, with a median of $17.73. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Texas, the median is $203.49 at 98 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities 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 — and —.

Lowest$17.73University Medical Center Surgical Hospital + 1 more
Median$17.73half pay less
Highest$20.20in this market
Difference1.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.

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Lowest $17.73Highest $142.37

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH IPPB TREATMENT $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH AEROSOL-MDI TREATMENT $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH RES SPUTUM INDUCTION TREATMENT $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH AEROSOL CONTINUOUS/DAY $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH 76-SAME MD AEROSOL MDI TX $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH 77- DIFF MD AEROSOL MDI TX $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 NEBULIZER TREATMENT $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH 76 SAME MD AEROSOL CONT P/ DY $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX NEBULIZER TREATMENT $17.73 $88.67 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CET NEBULIZER TREATMENT $18.62 $93.10 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CET NEBULIZER TREATMENT $18.62 $93.10 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH MDI TREATMENT $19.32 $96.60 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH 77 DIFF MD AEROSOL CONT / DY $19.32 $96.60 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 RESP AEROSOL-MDI TREATMENT $20.20 $101.00 $6.80–$427.86 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 IPPB TREATMENT $20.20 $101.00 $6.80–$427.86 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 AEROSOL CONTINUOUS/DAY $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EST NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 WST NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX IPPB TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 76 SAME MD AEROSOL CONT P/ DY $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 FAB NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 DPT NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 LAB YSL NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX AEROSOL-MDI TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX RES SPUTUM INDUCTION TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX AEROSOL TX ACUTE $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX AEROSOL CONTINUOUS/DAY $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EST NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX WST NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LAB YSL NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX 76 SAME MD AEROSOL CONT P/ DY $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX FAB NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX DPT NEBULIZER TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 IPPB TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 AEROSOL-MDI TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 RES SPUTUM INDUCTION TREATMENT $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 AEROSOL TX ACUTE $22.34 $111.72 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 IPPB/IPV TREATMENT $80.40 $402.00 $6.80–$427.86 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 MDI TREATMENT $80.40 $402.00 $6.80–$427.86 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 AEROSOL TREATMENT $85.20 $426.00 $6.80–$427.86 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SISD NEBULIZER TREATMENT $142.37 $711.87 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SISD NEBULIZER TREATMENT $142.37 $711.87 $7.32–$546.36 80% —
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Outpatient: lowest $17.73, median $17.73, highest $20.20 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $17.73. 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 3 of 3 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.

11 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.

University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXEDE AEROSOL-MDI TREATMENT $12.39 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXYSL NEBULIZER TREATMENT $12.39 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXEDN AEROSOL-MDI TREATMENT $12.39 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNEB TX ACUTE CONTINUOUS $12.39 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXYSL NEBULIZER TREATMENT $12.39 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXEDN AEROSOL-MDI TREATMENT $12.39 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXEDE AEROSOL-MDI TREATMENT $12.39 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNEB TX ACUTE CONTINUOUS $12.39 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH NEB TX ACUTE CONTINUOUS $14.16 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH AEROSOL TX ACUTE $14.16 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH METERED DOSE INHALER-TREATMENT $14.16 file