Breathing treatment cost in Russellville, AL — inpatient
In Russellville, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $19.50 to $31.00, with a median of $25.25. The lowest listed price is at Russellville Hospital — $5.75 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $109.53 at 35 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 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 Russellville, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville Hospital lowest Russellville, AL · (256) 332-1611 PEP SUBSQ | $19.50 | $75.00 | $7.35–$185.82 | 74% | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Russellville Hospital lowest Russellville, AL · (256) 332-1611 PEP INITIAL | $19.50 | $75.00 | $7.35–$185.82 | 74% | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 RT-COUGH ASSIST INIT EVAL/DEMO | $31.00 | $31.00 | $7.75–$79.50 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 RT-INHALED MED-ACUTE/SPUTUM/DI | $321.00 | $321.00 | $80.25–$250.38 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $366.18 | $366.18 | $91.55–$285.62 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 LAB-FIBRIN DEGR PROD, D-DIMER | $389.00 | $389.00 | $75.86–$303.42 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 BLLN-ATLAS GOLD 16-20MM | $2,633.50 | $2,633.50 | $150.53–$2,054.13 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 HK-CATH BLLN ADVANCE 5F 80CM | $3,616.00 | $3,616.00 | $150.53–$2,820.48 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 CLS-HERCULINK ELITE STENT | $8,328.00 | $8,328.00 | $150.53–$6,495.84 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 OR-PULSE GENERATOR PRECISION I | $72,000.00 | $72,000.00 | $150.53–$56,160.00 | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $19.50, median $25.25, highest $31.00 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $25.25 — 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 none is it 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.