Breathing treatment cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 5 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $53.42 to $690.32, with a median of $235.00. The lowest listed price is at Erie County Medical Center — $181.58 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $223.72 at 59 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 25, 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie County Medical Center lowest Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 INHALATION THERAPY | $53.42 | $473.70 | $8.24–$683.38 | 89% | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 Inhalation Treatment/Small Volume Nebulizer | $235.00 | $235.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 Inhalation Treatment/Small Volume Nebulizer | $235.00 | $235.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 Inhalation Treatment/Small Volume Nebulizer | $235.00 | $235.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $391.60 | $391.60 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $391.60 | $391.60 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $391.60 | $391.60 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital one side Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $497.00 | $497.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 HC Pbb Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $497.00 | $497.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital one side Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $497.00 | $497.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 HC Pbb Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $497.00 | $497.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo one side Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 HC Rt Mdi/Dpi | $497.00 | $497.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 HC Pbb Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $497.00 | $497.00 | $3.03–$497.00 | — | — source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Aerosol Tx Initial | $690.32 | $690.32 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Aerosol Tx Subsequent | $690.32 | $690.32 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Mdi Initial | $690.32 | $690.32 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Mdi Subsequent | $690.32 | $690.32 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $53.42, median $235.00, highest $690.32 — a 12.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $235.00. 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 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.