Breathing treatment cost in Gulfport, MS — inpatient
In Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $121.20 to $156.00, with a median of $156.00. The lowest listed price is at Singing River Gulfport — $34.80 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $58.99 at 42 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 24, 2026 and Feb 24, 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Gulfport lowest Gulfport, MS · (228) 575-7000 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $121.20 | $606.00 | $2,882.33 | 80% | — source file |
| Ocean Springs Hospital Ocean Springs, MS · (228) 575-7000 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $156.00 | $520.00 | $2,882.33 | 70% | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula, MS · (228) 809-5000 INHALATION TREATMENT FOR AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION OR SPUTUM PRODUCTION | $156.00 | $520.00 | $2,882.33 | 70% | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Singing River Gulfport Gulfport, MS · (228) 575-7000 INHALATION TREATMENT FOR AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION OR SPUTUM PRODUCTION | $242.40 | $1,212.00 | $2,882.33 | 80% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $121.20, median $156.00, highest $156.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $156.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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 3 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.