Breathing treatment cost in Caro, MI
In Caro, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $21.30 to $21.30, with a median of $21.30. Across Michigan, the median is $192.10 at 62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 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 Caro, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren Caro Region lowest Caro, MI · (989) 673-3141 Pressure/nonpressurized inhale Tx 94640 | $21.30 | $42.60 | $8.00–$20.76 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MI · (989) 673-3141 AMB Med Inhalation Tx -> First Airway Inhal Tx 94640 | $71.15 | $142.30 | $63.90–$154.60 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MI · (989) 673-3141 AMB Med Inhalation Tx -> Subs Airway Inhal TX 94640 | $71.15 | $142.30 | $63.90–$154.60 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MI · (989) 673-3141 RT CHARGE Aerosol Med Therapy -> Initial | $71.15 | $142.30 | $63.90–$154.60 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MI · (989) 673-3141 RT CHARGE MDI -> Subsequent | $71.15 | $142.30 | $63.90–$154.60 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MI · (989) 673-3141 RT CHARGE MDI -> Initial | $71.15 | $142.30 | $63.90–$154.60 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $21.30, median $21.30, highest $21.30.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 94640 ($173.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| McLaren Caro Region Caro, MIRT CHARGE Aerosol Med Therapy -> Subsequent | $16.05 | file |