Breathing treatment cost in St. Louis, MO
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 13 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $22.00 to $341.70, with a median of $190.80. The lowest listed price is at Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital — $168.80 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $118.30 at 31 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 11 cities 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 Apr 24, 2026 and Jun 12, 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 St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital lowest Maryland Heights, MO · (314) 872-6400 Sputum Induction Collection -> Yes | $22.00 | $27.50 | — | 20% | Apr 24, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $60.00 | $80.00 | $40.00–$72.00 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $60.00 | $80.00 | $40.00–$72.00 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $60.00 | $80.00 | $40.00–$72.00 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $60.00 | $80.00 | $40.00–$72.00 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $60.00 | $80.00 | $40.00–$72.00 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities Washington, MO Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $60.00 | $80.00 | $40.00–$72.00 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Airway Obstruction Sputum Induct | $115.70 | $178.00 | $55.84–$286.09 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Meter Dose Inhaler Repeat | $115.70 | $178.00 | $55.84–$286.09 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment | $115.70 | $178.00 | $215.16–$274.16 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Meter Dose Inhaler | $115.70 | $178.00 | $55.84–$286.09 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Initial | $115.70 | $178.00 | $55.84–$286.09 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Repeat | $115.70 | $178.00 | $215.16–$274.16 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Meter Dose Inhaler Repeat | $139.75 | $215.00 | $55.84–$267.02 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Repeat | $139.75 | $215.00 | $13.98–$215.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Initial | $139.75 | $215.00 | $55.84–$267.02 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment | $139.75 | $215.00 | $13.98–$215.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Airway Obstruction Sputum Induct | $139.75 | $215.00 | $13.98–$215.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Meter Dose Inhaler | $139.75 | $215.00 | $55.84–$267.02 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Initial | $144.95 | $223.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Meter Dose Inhaler | $183.95 | $283.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Airway Obstruction Sputum Induct | $183.95 | $283.00 | $96.00–$118.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment | $183.95 | $283.00 | $55.84–$286.09 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Repeat | $183.95 | $283.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Meter Dose Inhaler Repeat | $183.95 | $283.00 | $96.00–$118.00 | 35% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $190.80 | $265.00 | $49.92–$586.65 | 28% | — source file |
| Hshs Holy Family Hospital Greenville, IL · (618) 664-1230 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $192.96 | $268.00 | $52.41–$586.65 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Repeat | $227.50 | $350.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Initial | $227.50 | $350.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment | $227.50 | $350.00 | $53.05–$286.09 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Airway Obstruction Sputum Induct | $227.50 | $350.00 | $96.00–$118.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Meter Dose Inhaler Repeat | $227.50 | $350.00 | $96.00–$118.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Meter Dose Inhaler | $227.50 | $350.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC HIGH EFF NEB AERO W/INSTR/TEACH DEVICE | $244.80 | $340.00 | $49.92–$586.65 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Initial | $260.00 | $400.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Meter Dose Inhaler Repeat | $260.00 | $400.00 | $96.00–$118.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Airway Obstruction Sputum Induct | $260.00 | $400.00 | $96.00–$118.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Meter Dose Inhaler | $260.00 | $400.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment | $260.00 | $400.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Inhalation/Nebulizer Treatment Repeat | $280.15 | $431.00 | $215.16–$493.49 | 35% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $299.52 | $416.00 | $83.20–$416.00 | 28% | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $303.12 | $421.00 | $49.92–$583.03 | 28% | — source file |
| Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 INHALATION TRTMT INI | $341.70 | $569.50 | $569.50 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $22.00, median $190.80, highest $341.70 — a 15.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $190.80. 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 12 of 12 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.