Breathing treatment cost in Lafayette, LA
In Lafayette, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $96.00 to $457.25, with a median of $276.63. The lowest listed price is at Acadian Medical Center — $180.63 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $93.94 at 27 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 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 9, 2026 and Jun 9, 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 Lafayette, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadian Medical Center lowest Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 INHALATION TREATMENT INITIAL | $96.00 | $320.00 | $16.96–$4,434.14 | 70% | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Acadian Medical Center lowest Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 HAND HELD NEBULIZER-1ST TX | $96.00 | $320.00 | $16.96–$4,434.14 | 70% | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 METERED DOSE INHALER INITIAL | $332.85 | $1,109.50 | $16.96–$4,434.14 | 70% | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $402.69 | $1,342.32 | $16.96–$4,434.14 | 70% | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 INHALATION TX SUBQ | $402.69 | $1,342.32 | $16.96–$4,434.14 | 70% | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 METERED DOSE INHALER SUBSEQ | $402.69 | $1,342.32 | $16.96–$4,434.14 | 70% | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 AEROSOL 3RD NEB TREATMENT MED | $457.25 | $609.66 | — | 25% | — source file |
| Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 AEROSOL 2ND NEB TREATMENT MED | $457.25 | $609.66 | — | 25% | — source file |
| Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 INCENT SPIR TREATMENT | $457.25 | $609.66 | $150.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 AEROSOL 4TH NEB TREATMENT MED | $457.25 | $609.66 | — | 25% | — source file |
| Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 AEROSOL SUBSEQUENT NEB TREATMENT | $457.25 | $609.66 | — | 25% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $96.00, median $276.63, highest $457.25 — a 4.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $276.63. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.