Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC AIRWAY INHALATION INIT TX
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $314 is 50% above the median hospital's median price ($209), higher than 84% of the 2,511 hospitals reporting CPT 94640. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 35 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $47.84 | $47.84 | $47.84 – $47.84 |
| 2 | Cigna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 – $100.00 |
| 3 | Cigna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 – $100.00 |
| 4 | Cigna commercial|surefit fee schedule · outpatient | $100.00 | $100.00 | $100.00 – $100.00 |
| 5 | Optum medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $156.87 | $156.87 | $156.87 – $156.87 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $203.72 | $203.72 | $203.72 – $203.72 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $203.72 | $203.72 | $203.72 – $203.72 |
| 8 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $203.72 | $203.72 | $203.72 – $203.72 |
| 9 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $203.72 | $203.72 | $203.72 – $203.72 |
| 10 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $203.72 | $203.72 | $203.72 – $203.72 |
| 11 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $205.76 | $205.76 | $205.76 – $205.76 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $207.79 | $207.79 | $207.79 – $207.79 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $207.79 | $207.79 | $207.79 – $207.79 |
| 14 | Optum medicaid|star fee schedule · outpatient | $210.21 | $210.21 | $210.21 – $210.21 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $217.07 | $217.07 | $217.07 – $217.07 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $220.75 | $220.75 | $220.75 – $220.75 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|optum fee schedule · outpatient | $273.07 | $273.07 | $273.07 – $273.07 |
| 18 | Superior Healthplan commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $305.58 | $305.58 | $305.58 – $305.58 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $313.73 | $313.73 | $313.73 – $313.73 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ppo trad fee schedule · outpatient | $371.60 | $371.60 | $371.60 – $371.60 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $377.65 | $377.65 | $348.60 – $406.70 |
| 22 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $377.65 | $377.65 | $377.65 – $377.65 |
| 23 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $377.65 | $377.65 | $377.65 – $377.65 |
| 24 | Humana commercial|transplant fee schedule · inpatient | $377.65 | $377.65 | $377.65 – $377.65 |
| 25 | Humana commercial|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $377.65 | $377.65 | $377.65 – $377.65 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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