Breathing treatment cost in Bend, OR — inpatient
In Bend, OR, 4 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $61.60 to $497.82, with a median of $497.82. The lowest listed price is at St. Charles Madras — $436.22 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $91.65 at 33 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Bend, OR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles Madras lowest Madras, OR · (541) 475-3882 Respiratory inhaled pressure or nonpressure treatm | $61.60 | $77.00 | $18.48–$685.57 | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Charles Bend Bend, OR · (541) 382-4321 Respiratory inhaled pressure or nonpressure treatm | $497.82 | $622.28 | $203.33–$685.57 | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Charles Prineville Prineville, OR · (541) 447-6254 Respiratory inhaled pressure or nonpressure treatm | $497.82 | $622.28 | $174.24–$685.57 | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Charles Redmond Redmond, OR Respiratory inhaled pressure or nonpressure treatm | $497.82 | $622.28 | $203.33–$685.57 | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $61.60, median $497.82, highest $497.82 — a 8.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $497.82 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.