Breathing treatment cost in Paducah, KY
In Paducah, KY-IL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $200.40 to $348.99, with a median of $274.70. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital — $74.30 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $299.40 at 15 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 18, 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 Paducah, KY-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital lowest Paducah, KY · (270) 444-2444 HC Aerosol, Hhn, Mdi, Ippb | $200.40 | $334.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital lowest Paducah, KY · (270) 444-2444 HC Sputum Induction | $200.40 | $334.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Baptist Health Paducah Paducah, KY · (270) 575-2100 Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $348.99 | $465.32 | $37.23–$930.64 | 25% | Sep 18, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $200.40, median $274.70, highest $348.99 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $200.40. 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.