# Breathing treatment (nebuliser or inhaler) in GA

Billing code `94640`. Prices for this code at 104 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/breathing-treatment-nebuliser-or-inhaler

JC NEBULIZER TREATMENT

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 38 publish a facility charge; 9 publish both, mixed together; 57 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $74 |
| Typical | $225 |
| Dearest tenth | $386 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 5-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | see split | $651 | $8 | $208 | $5 | $651 | 853 |
| Bacon County Hospital | ALMA | not rated | $18 | $18 | not mentioned | $365 | $9 | $271 | 62 |
| Bleckley Memorial Hospital | COCHRAN | not rated | $27 | $27 | not mentioned | $17 | $22 | $37 | 56 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $35 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $106 | $11 | $177 | 1,728 |
| Putnam General Hospital | EATONTON | not rated | $36 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $305 | $8 | $518 | 104 |
| Liberty Regional Medical Center | HINESVILLE | not rated | $38 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $214 | $32 | $214 | 36 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $43 | $8 | $33 | $8 | $61 | 88 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | $58 | $58 | not mentioned | $53 | $11 | $74 | 109 |
| Chatuge Regional Hospital | HIAWASSEE | not rated | $64 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $92 | $18 | $156 | 162 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $67 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $162 | $54 | $237 | 104 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | see split | $69 | $19 | $372 | $15 | $149 | 19 |
| Jasper Memorial Hospital | MONTICELLO | not rated | $85 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $30 | $54 | $90 | 57 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center | CEDARTOWN | not rated | $86 | $86 | not mentioned | $114 | $31 | $250 | 72 |
| Jefferson Hospital | LOUISVILLE | not rated | $89 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $96 | $18 | $148 | 140 |
| Candler County Hospital | METTER | not rated | $92 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $17 | $413 | 272 |
| Dorminy Medical Center | FITZGERALD | not rated | $92 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $252 | $58 | $479 | 108 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $93 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $336 | $11 | $522 | 55 |
| Burke Medical Center | WAYNESBORO | not rated | $96 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $0 | $0 | $192 | 10 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite | ATLANTA | not rated | $109 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $580 | $37 | $580 | 224 |
| Athur M Blank Hospital | ATLANTA | not rated | $110 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $580 | $38 | $580 | 224 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $119 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $90 | $48 | $298 | 42 |
| Emanuel Medical Center | SWAINSBORO | 4/5 | $127 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $180 | $36 | $240 | 36 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $131 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $90 | $48 | $269 | 30 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $154 | $8 | $94 | $7 | $202 | 86 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus | SAINT MARYS | 4/5 | $156 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $17 | $250 | 320 |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center | SANDERSVILLE | not rated | $159 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $114 | $28 | $249 | 175 |
| Clinch Memorial Hospital | HOMERVILLE | not rated | $160 | $160 | not mentioned | $144 | $50 | $288 | 128 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | BRUNSWICK | 2/5 | $166 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $17 | $266 | 320 |
| Donalsonville Hospital | DONALSONVILLE | not rated | $170 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $179 | $130 | $179 | 7 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $198 | $26 | $131 | $7 | $347 | 94 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $174 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $915 | $51 | $823 | 113 |
| Stephens County Hospital | TOCCOA | 2/5 | $181 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $463 | $49 | $695 | 100 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $189 | $11 | $258 | $7 | $533 | 597 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | HAZLEHURST | not rated | $190 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $269 | $48 | $591 | 76 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $191 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $7 | $646 | 91 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $191 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $11 | $502 | 84 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $192 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $90 | $43 | $298 | 34 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $193 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $143 | $55 | $445 | 25 |
| Optim Medical Center - Screven | SYLVANIA | not rated | $194 | $194 | not mentioned | $1,441 | $192 | $288 | 24 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $197 | $197 | not mentioned | $425 | $192 | $201 | 4 |
| Monroe County Hospital | FORSYTH | not rated | $198 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $78 | $35 | $695 | 125 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $199 | $199 | not mentioned | not published | $21 | $480 | 8 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $200 | $200 | not mentioned | $154 | $52 | $297 | 76 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $201 | $201 | not mentioned | not published | $192 | $336 | 7 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $231 | $11 | $258 | $7 | $533 | 276 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $288 | $8 | $347 | $8 | $514 | 532 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $210 | $210 | not mentioned | $175 | $152 | $248 | 4 |
| Union General Hospital | BLAIRSVILLE | 3/5 | $212 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $240 | $67 | $409 | 54 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $217 | $217 | not mentioned | $250 | $7 | $1,085 | 98 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $219 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $218 | $13 | $421 | 41 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $221 | $221 | not mentioned | $425 | $215 | $226 | 4 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $221 | $221 | not mentioned | not published | $211 | $369 | 7 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $225 | $225 | not mentioned | $240 | $219 | $670 | 27 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $225 | $225 | not mentioned | $425 | $220 | $231 | 4 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $226 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $551 | $7 | $735 | 828 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $226 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $551 | $7 | $735 | 786 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $226 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $551 | $7 | $735 | 798 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $226 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $551 | $7 | $735 | 828 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $226 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $551 | $7 | $735 | 792 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $226 | $226 | not mentioned | $308 | $220 | $466 | 7 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $226 | $226 | not mentioned | $308 | $220 | $466 | 7 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $226 | $226 | not mentioned | $308 | $220 | $466 | 7 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $227 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,587 | $61 | $1,428 | 77 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $229 | $229 | not mentioned | $308 | $222 | $472 | 7 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $229 | $229 | not mentioned | $308 | $222 | $472 | 7 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $229 | $229 | not mentioned | $308 | $222 | $472 | 7 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $229 | $229 | not mentioned | $175 | $191 | $286 | 3 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $230 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $90 | $35 | $298 | 32 |
| Wills Memorial Hospital | WASHINGTON | not rated | $231 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $261 | $202 | $317 | 28 |
| Memorial Hospital and Manor | BAINBRIDGE | 1/5 | $232 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $258 | $38 | $450 | 252 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $235 | $235 | not mentioned | $130 | $192 | $522 | 8 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $235 | $235 | not mentioned | $130 | $192 | $522 | 8 |
| Warm Springs Medical Center | WARM SPRINGS | not rated | $254 | $254 | not mentioned | $159 | $54 | $318 | 65 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $261 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $36 | $369 | 28 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $261 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $26 | $387 | 28 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $262 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $46 | $387 | 32 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $269 | $269 | not mentioned | $379 | $192 | $698 | 14 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $271 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $75 | $387 | 30 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $271 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $47 | $387 | 32 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $275 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $35 | $387 | 26 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $275 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $42 | $387 | 26 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $277 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $36 | $387 | 32 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $282 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $44 | $387 | 32 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $282 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $33 | $387 | 32 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $282 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $36 | $387 | 32 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $282 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $41 | $387 | 32 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $282 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $116 | $38 | $369 | 30 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $316 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,479 | $18 | $1,479 | 66 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | JESUP | 3/5 | $322 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $212 | $260 | $381 | 90 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $348 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,522 | $11 | $1,370 | 164 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | VILLA RICA | 3/5 | $360 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $360 | $130 | $558 | 17 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $373 | $373 | not mentioned | $379 | $215 | $839 | 10 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $380 | $380 | not mentioned | $379 | $220 | $837 | 10 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $388 | $388 | not mentioned | $379 | $220 | $837 | 9 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $391 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,644 | $76 | $1,480 | 227 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $391 | $391 | not mentioned | $379 | $222 | $835 | 9 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $391 | $391 | not mentioned | $379 | $222 | $867 | 9 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $391 | $391 | not mentioned | $379 | $222 | $848 | 9 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $391 | $391 | not mentioned | $379 | $222 | $835 | 9 |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center | CLAYTON | not rated | $416 | $416 | not mentioned | $244 | $20 | $488 | 17 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $455 | $8 | $758 | $8 | $606 | 375 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $682 | $682 | not mentioned | $379 | $602 | $763 | 2 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | $1,055 | $1,055 | not mentioned | $168 | $11 | $1,055 | 118 |
| Higgins General Hospital | BREMEN | not rated | $2,941 | $2,941 | not mentioned | $240 | $2,941 | $2,941 | 3 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 46 of the 96 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 50 it is higher.

8 of these 104 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Jefferson Hospital, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus, Donalsonville Hospital, Jeff Davis Hospital, Monroe County Hospital, Warm Springs Medical Center, Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica.

## Others in respiratory & lung

- [Chest physiotherapy session](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/chest-physiotherapy-session) -- 103 hospitals, typically $139
- [Pulmonary rehabilitation session](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/pulmonary-rehabilitation-session) -- 86 hospitals, typically $105
- [Pulmonary rehabilitation session with monitoring](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/pulmonary-rehabilitation-session-with-monitoring) -- 82 hospitals, typically $102
- [Blood oxygen measurement, repeated readings](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/blood-oxygen-measurement-repeated-readings) -- 53 hospitals, typically $100

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Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-01; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.