Doctor visits and therapy CPT 94640 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breathing treatment cost in Butler, AL — inpatient

In Butler, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $327.56 to $327.56, with a median of $327.56. Across Alabama, the median is $125.25 at 43 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$327.56Ochsner Choctaw General
Median$327.56half of hospitals charge less
Highest$327.56in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Butler, AL.

median
Lowest $327.56Highest $401.28

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ochsner Choctaw General lowest Butler, AL · (205) 459-9100 HC AEROSOL TREATMENT+1 more line at this price source file $327.56 $431.00 — 24%
Ochsner Choctaw General Butler, AL · (205) 459-9100 HC AEROSOL /IPPB/MDI TREATMENT source file $401.28 $528.00 — 24%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $327.56, median $327.56, highest $327.56.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $327.56 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.