Breathing treatment cost in Fayetteville, AR
In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $177.45 to $266.00, with a median of $221.73. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas — $44.28 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $75.40 at 15 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 23, 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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Department Bella Vista, AR Airway Obstruction Sputum Induct | $177.45 | $273.00 | $125.00–$164.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Department Bella Vista, AR Meter Dose Inhaler Repeat | $177.45 | $273.00 | $6.00–$391.51 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Department Bella Vista, AR Meter Dose Inhaler | $177.45 | $273.00 | $125.00–$164.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Department Bella Vista, AR Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Initial | $177.45 | $273.00 | $6.00–$391.51 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Department Bella Vista, AR Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment | $177.45 | $273.00 | $125.00–$164.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Department Bella Vista, AR Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Repeat | $177.45 | $273.00 | $200.49–$330.83 | 35% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 INHALATION TREATMENT FOR DIAG PURPOSES | $266.00 | $665.00 | $6.00–$345.80 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 MDI TX SUBS 3RD | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 MDI TX SUBS 4TH | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 NEBULIZED MIST TX 2ND SUBSEQUENT | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 NEBULIZED MIST TX 3RD SUBSEQUENT | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 NEBULIZED MIST TX 4TH SUBSEQUENT | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 MDI TX SUBS 2ND | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 NEBULIZED MIST TX SUBSEQUENT | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 MDI TX SUBSEQUENT | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 CAG/HAG (LG VOL NEB SUBS) | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 ULTRASONIC NEBULIZER TX | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 MAXI MYST TREATMENT SUBSEQUENT | $324.80 | $812.00 | $6.00–$422.24 | 60% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $177.45, median $221.73, highest $266.00 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $75.17. 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 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, ARNEBULIZER TREATMENT PRESSURIZED/NONPRESS | $10.00 | file |