Breathing treatment cost in Memphis, TN
In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 12 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $37.65 to $60.24, with a median of $57.20. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $19.55 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $94.08 at 43 hospitals.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC INHAL TRMT AEROSOL/IPPB/MDI/SPUTUM INDUC | $37.65 | $251.00 | $6.00–$521.47 | 85% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC TRMT W/DEVICE TO CREATE POS AIR PRESSURE TO ASSIST W/COUGHING | $37.65 | $251.00 | $6.00–$521.47 | 85% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC TRMT W/DEVICE TO CREATE POS AIR PRESSURE TO ASSIST W/COUGHING | $50.20 | $251.00 | $65.26–$521.47 | 80% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC INHAL TRMT AEROSOL/IPPB/MDI/SPUTUM INDUC | $50.20 | $251.00 | $65.26–$521.47 | 80% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC INHAL TRMT AEROSOL/IPPB/MDI/SPUTUM INDUC | $52.71 | $251.00 | $65.26–$372.48 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC TRMT W/DEVICE TO CREATE POS AIR PRESSURE TO ASSIST W/COUGHING | $52.71 | $251.00 | $65.26–$372.48 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC INHAL TRMT AEROSOL/IPPB/MDI/SPUTUM INDUC | $52.71 | $251.00 | $12.53–$372.48 | 79% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC TRMT W/DEVICE TO CREATE POS AIR PRESSURE TO ASSIST W/COUGHING | $52.71 | $251.00 | $12.53–$372.48 | 79% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN HC INHAL TRMT AEROSOL/IPPB/MDI/SPUTUM INDUC | $52.71 | $251.00 | $65.26–$372.48 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN HC TRMT W/DEVICE TO CREATE POS AIR PRESSURE TO ASSIST W/COUGHING | $52.71 | $251.00 | $65.26–$372.48 | 79% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Hand Held Nebulizer | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist University Hospital one side Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $57.20 | $260.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist University Hospital one side Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Rt Hand Held Nebulizer | $57.20 | $260.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Hand Held Nebulizer | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp one side Germantown, TN HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp one side Germantown, TN HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp one side Germantown, TN HC Rt Hand Held Nebulizer | $57.20 | $260.00 | $6.00–$388.82 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital one side Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $57.20 | $260.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital one side Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $57.20 | $260.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital one side Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Rt Hand Held Nebulizer | $57.20 | $260.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist University Hospital one side Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $57.20 | $260.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Hand Held Nebulizer | $60.06 | $273.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $60.06 | $273.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $60.06 | $273.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC INHAL TRMT AEROSOL/IPPB/MDI/SPUTUM INDUC | $60.24 | $251.00 | $19.01–$372.48 | 76% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC TRMT W/DEVICE TO CREATE POS AIR PRESSURE TO ASSIST W/COUGHING | $60.24 | $251.00 | $19.01–$372.48 | 76% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital one side Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $972.91 | $4,422.34 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $1,020.89 | $4,640.40 | $6.00–$595.28 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $1,774.41 | $8,065.48 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital one side Memphis, TN HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $2,391.84 | $10,872.01 | $6.00–$935.02 | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital one side Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $5,488.95 | $24,949.77 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp one side Germantown, TN HC Rt Inhalation Treatment | $7,873.40 | $35,788.16 | $6.00–$9,436.77 | 78% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $37.65, median $57.20, highest $60.24 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $57.20. 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 9 of 9 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.