Breathing treatment cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient
In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $24.30 to $319.90, with a median of $50.74. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $26.44 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $87.20 at 55 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC MECH AEROSOL, SUBSEQUENT | $24.30 | $90.00 | — | 73% | — source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC AEROSOL TREATMENT | $40.77 | $151.00 | — | 73% | — source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC MDI (METERED DOSE INHALER) TREATMENT | $40.77 | $151.00 | — | 73% | — source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC INTRAPULMONARY PERCUSSIVE VENTILATION THERAPY | $40.77 | $151.00 | — | 73% | — source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC AEROSOL /IPPB/MDI TREATMENT | $40.77 | $151.00 | — | 73% | — source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC AEROSOL TREATMENT | $41.72 | $149.00 | — | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC INTRAPULMONARY PERCUSSIVE VENTILATION THERAPY | $41.72 | $149.00 | — | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC IPPB (INTERMITTENT POS PRESSURE BREATHING) TX | $41.72 | $149.00 | — | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC AEROSOL /IPPB/MDI TREATMENT | $41.72 | $149.00 | — | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC MDI (METERED DOSE INHALER) TREATMENT | $41.72 | $149.00 | — | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC IPPB (INTERMITTENT POS PRESSURE BREATHING) TX | $50.60 | $230.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC MDI (METERED DOSE INHALER) TREATMENT | $50.60 | $230.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC INTRAPULMONARY PERCUSSIVE VENTILATION THERAPY | $50.60 | $230.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC AEROSOL TREATMENT | $50.60 | $230.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC AEROSOL /IPPB/MDI TREATMENT | $50.60 | $230.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC RIBOVIRON TX DAILY | $50.60 | $230.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC MDI (METERED DOSE INHALER) TREATMENT | $50.88 | $159.00 | — | 68% | — source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC AEROSOL TREATMENT | $50.88 | $159.00 | — | 68% | — source file |
| The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC IPPB (INTERMITTENT POS PRESSURE BREATHING) TX | $85.10 | $230.00 | — | 63% | — source file |
| The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC AEROSOL TREATMENT | $85.10 | $230.00 | — | 63% | — source file |
| The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC MDI (METERED DOSE INHALER) TREATMENT | $85.10 | $230.00 | — | 63% | — source file |
| The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC INTRAPULMONARY PERCUSSIVE VENTILATION THERAPY | $85.10 | $230.00 | — | 63% | — source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC AEROSOL /IPPB/MDI TREATMENT | $142.72 | $446.00 | — | 68% | — source file |
| St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 529-6600 INHALATION THERAPY | $319.90 | $907.12 | $200.44–$415.46 | 65% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $24.30, median $50.74, highest $319.90 — a 13.2× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $72.23 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.