Breathing treatment cost in San Antonio, TX — inpatient
In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $140.25 to $140.25, with a median of $140.25. Across Texas, the median is $203.49 at 98 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 14, 2025 and Oct 14, 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Health System one side lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC RT INHALATION TREATMENT SUBSEQUENT | $140.25 | $561.00 | $207.57–$476.85 | 75% | Oct 14, 2025 source file |
| University Health System one side lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC RT INHALATION TREATMENT | $140.25 | $561.00 | $207.57–$476.85 | 75% | Oct 14, 2025 source file |
| University Health System one side lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC RT INDUCED SPUTUM | $140.25 | $561.00 | $207.57–$476.85 | 75% | Oct 14, 2025 source file |
| University Health System one side lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC RT INDUCED SPUTUM SUBSEQUENT | $140.25 | $561.00 | $207.57–$476.85 | 75% | Oct 14, 2025 source file |
| University Health System one side lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC RT MDI/DPI | $140.25 | $561.00 | $207.57–$476.85 | 75% | Oct 14, 2025 source file |
| University Health System one side lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC RT EZPAP TREATMENT | $140.25 | $561.00 | $207.57–$476.85 | 75% | Oct 14, 2025 source file |
One side of the body : lowest $140.25, median $140.25, highest $140.25.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $130.68 — 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 and 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.