Breathing treatment cost in Little Rock, AR — inpatient
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $21.21 to $172.20, with a median of $96.71. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Hospital — $75.50 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $75.40 at 15 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $21.21 | $23.57 | $3,144.60–$5,199.00 | 10% | — source file |
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 INHALATION TREATMENT FOR AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION OR SPUTUM PRODUCTION | $140.20 | $155.78 | $3,144.60–$5,199.00 | 10% | — source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 INHALATION TREATMENT FOR AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION OR SPUTUM PRODUCTION | $172.20 | $287.00 | $2,000.00 | 40% | — source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $187.80 | $313.00 | $2,000.00 | 40% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $21.21, median $96.71, highest $172.20 — a 8.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $140.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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 2 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.