Breathing treatment cost in Lubbock, TX
In Lubbock, TX, 6 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $31.50 to $697.62, with a median of $469.35. The lowest listed price is at Methodist Hospital Levelland — $437.85 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $203.49 at 98 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Lubbock, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital Levelland lowest Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC PR 94640 NEBULIZER SMALL VOLUME RHC | $31.50 | $75.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Noncdm Charge Record | $46.00 | $46.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $145.32 | $346.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $145.32 | $346.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lubbock Heritage Hospital Lubbock, TX HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $241.08 | $574.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lubbock Heritage Hospital Lubbock, TX HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $241.08 | $574.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $697.62 | $1,661.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $697.62 | $1,661.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $697.62 | $1,661.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $697.62 | $1,661.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $697.62 | $1,661.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $697.62 | $1,661.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $697.62 | $1,661.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $697.62 | $1,661.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University Medical Center one side Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Rt Hand Held Nebulizer | $861.00 | $861.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Aerosol Treatment | $861.00 | $861.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Airway Inhalation (Uc) | $906.00 | $906.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $31.50, median $469.35, highest $697.62 — a 22.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $469.35. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.