Breathing treatment cost in Houston, MO
In Houston, MO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $19.08 to $19.08, with a median of $19.08. Across Missouri, the median is $152.40 at 53 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houston, MO.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas County Memorial Hospital lowest Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 SPUTUM COLLECTION BY STERILE TRAP | $19.08 | $27.25 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital lowest Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 SPUTUM COLLECTION | $19.08 | $27.25 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 BREATHING TX FOR DUONEB/ALBUTEROL W/NEB | $40.00 | $40.00 | $229.08 | — | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 OXYGEN W/COOL AEROSOL SUBSQ HOUR | $43.93 | $62.75 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 OXYGEN W/HEATED AEROSOL SUBSQ HOUR | $43.93 | $62.75 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 OXYGEN W/HEATED AEROSOL INITIAL HOUR | $45.50 | $65.00 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 OXYGEN W/COOL AEROSOL INITIAL HOUR | $45.50 | $65.00 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 NEBULIZER THERAPY SUBSEQUENT | $88.55 | $126.50 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 MDI THERAPY SUBSEQUENT | $88.55 | $126.50 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 MDI THERAPY INITIAL | $176.05 | $251.50 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston, MO · (417) 967-3311 NEBULIZER THERAPY INITIAL | $176.05 | $251.50 | $229.08 | 30% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $19.08, median $19.08, highest $19.08.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $19.08. 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 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.