Breathing treatment cost in Racine, WI — inpatient
In Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $47.50 to $47.50, with a median of $47.50. The lowest listed price is at Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant and 1 other hospital. Across Wisconsin, the median is $66.95 at 80 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant lowest Mount Pleasant, WI RESP TX INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT | $47.50 | $95.00 | $57.00–$80.75 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Burlington lowest Burlington, WI · (262) 767-6545 RESP TX INITIAL OR SUBSEQUENT | $47.50 | $95.00 | $57.00–$80.75 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, WI SPUTUM SPEC AEROSOL INDUCED | $85.00 | $170.00 | $102.00–$144.50 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington, WI · (262) 767-6545 SPUTUM SPEC AEROSOL INDUCED | $85.00 | $170.00 | $102.00–$144.50 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $47.50, median $47.50, highest $47.50.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $47.50 — 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.