Nebulizer Breathing Treatment cost at US hospitals

Inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction, pressurized or non-pressurized · CPT 94640

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Nebulizer Breathing Treatment

This is the breathing treatment given when someone's airways have tightened up — usually albuterol turned into a mist by a nebulizer and breathed in over several minutes. It is the single most common thing done for an asthma or COPD flare in an emergency department, and it is billed per treatment.

$17.60

lowest cash price

$203.49

national median

$1,885.65

highest cash price

865

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $17.60–$1,885.65 — the variation is the story.

Median cash price over time

Aug 1, 2025 ($108.40) → Sep 1, 2026 ($348.99)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $356.46 $541.32 $1,628.48
Arizona 6 $84.96 $233.21 $336.13
Arkansas 11 $37.65 $75.40 $223.00
California 90 $34.65 $308.88 $632.45
Colorado 13 $524.00 $581.00 $581.00
Florida 78 $61.05 $406.13 $1,101.73
Georgia 25 $142.68 $379.08 $976.18
Hawaii 2 $153.20 $153.20 $230.25
Illinois 51 $50.00 $167.20 $775.44
Indiana 26 $96.00 $120.50 $348.99
Iowa 27 $75.39 $188.17 $900.95
Kansas 11 $114.80 $158.60 $287.18
Kentucky 21 $17.60 $253.20 $957.84
Louisiana 1 $165.88 $165.88 $165.88
Maine 7 $68.10 $187.60 $366.70
Maryland 2 $765.00 $765.00 $765.00
Michigan 27 $64.40 $814.00 $965.00
Minnesota 19 $96.82 $161.09 $276.80
Mississippi 11 $38.13 $60.24 $225.92
Missouri 21 $18.75 $139.75 $696.05
Montana 2 $388.00 $388.00 $446.40
Nebraska 12 $73.60 $101.64 $206.67
Nevada 3 $79.13 $87.63 $110.40
New Hampshire 1 $116.65 $116.65 $116.65
New Jersey 22 $102.03 $140.25 $239.52
New Mexico 2 $199.08 $199.08 $199.08
New York 23 $100.20 $240.68 $1,676.00
North Carolina 15 $80.48 $80.48 $1,079.00
North Dakota 4 $147.20 $199.20 $261.60
Ohio 64 $59.02 $198.75 $1,885.65
Oklahoma 18 $29.88 $128.70 $480.35
Oregon 13 $24.57 $210.00 $399.75
Pennsylvania 32 $59.40 $252.00 $617.40
South Carolina 11 $110.00 $173.50 $386.50
South Dakota 7 $151.20 $252.80 $788.00
Tennessee 38 $48.20 $98.55 $1,213.34
Texas 112 $35.01 $203.49 $957.84
Virginia 35 $89.70 $158.50 $245.68
Washington 31 $95.90 $479.20 $870.80
West Virginia 14 $122.00 $460.00 $1,627.50
Wisconsin 33 $85.00 $129.80 $957.84

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
HCA FLORIDA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL LOXAHATCHEE, FL $633.00 $19.00 – $19.40
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle, WA $640.80 $253.57 – $837.02
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle, WA $640.80 $253.57 – $864.61
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah, WA $640.80 $254.28 – $864.61
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds, WA $640.80 $249.37 – $827.82
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland, TX $689.48 $430.47 – $430.47
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence, MO $696.05 $69.09 – $71.85
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX $697.62 $80.59 – $627.30
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX $697.62 $627.30 – $627.30
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock, TX $697.62 not published
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison, WI $721.57 $7.23 – $241.21
UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland, MD $765.00 $106.00 – $106.00
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St., IL $775.44 $49.92 – $586.65
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton, WV $787.50 $5.41 – $1,303.95
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD $788.00 $7.99 – $283.50
Barnesville Hospital Barnesville, OH $805.00 not published
Corewell Health Pennock Hastings, MI $814.00 not published
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids, MI $814.00 $218.19 – $392.74
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont, MI $814.00 not published
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75, MI $814.00 not published
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville, MI $814.00 not published
Corewell Health Zeeland Zeeland, MI $814.00 $218.19 – $392.74
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD, TX $825.00 $430.47 – $430.47
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI $829.00 $34.92 – $392.74
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI $829.00 $34.92 – $392.74
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane, WA $870.80 $244.02 – $640.54
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI $898.00 $24.10 – $294.68
Corewell Health Taylor Taylor, MI $898.00 $24.39 – $294.68
Corewell Health Trenton Trenton, MI $898.00 $24.39 – $294.68
Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI $898.00 $24.31 – $294.56
Corewell Health Wayne Wayne, MI $898.00 $24.39 – $294.68
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo, IA $900.95 $5.87 – $423.13
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales, FL $919.85 not published
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL TALLAHASSEE, FL $933.65 $18.05 – $19.00
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield, TX $939.68 $219.97 – $439.95
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Burleson, TX $939.68 $220.34 – $440.67
Adventhealth Durand Durand, WI $957.84 not published
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester, KY $957.84 $205.46 – $205.46
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas, TX $957.84 $708.25 – $708.25
Adventhealth Central Texas Killeen, TX $957.84 $219.97 – $708.25
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet, MI $965.00 not published
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph, MI $965.00 $59.64 – $327.28
Adventhealth Murray Po Box 1406, GA $976.18 not published
Adventhealth Gordon Calhoun, GA $976.18 not published
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Flushing, NY $1,045.00 $34.00 – $252.70
Adventhealth Hendersonville Hendersonville, NC $1,079.00 $209.30 – $522.63
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte, FL $1,101.73 $228.67 – $417.56
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston, WV $1,195.50 not published
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD, TN $1,213.34 $14.91 – $14.91
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville, WV $1,627.50 $5.41 – $391.77

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