Breathing treatment cost in Clinton, IA
In Clinton, IA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $100.80 to $365.95, with a median of $233.38. The lowest listed price is at MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center — $132.58 less than the median here. Across Iowa, the median is $87.84 at 37 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 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 Clinton, IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 Incentive Spirometry 1st Tx & Instruct | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 GHS MDI SUBSEQ TX | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 PEP Mask Initial Treatment | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 Induced Sputum | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 GHS HHN 1ST TX | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 HHN 1st Tx | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 GHS HHN ADDTL TX | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 Continuous Nebulizer > 4 Hrs | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center lowest Dewitt, IA · (563) 659-4200 GHS ER HHN INITIAL TREATMENT W MEDICATIO | $100.80 | $168.00 | $57.12–$122.64 | 40% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton, IA · (563) 244-5555 HC Treatment Inhalation Pressurized/Nonpressurized Acute Airway Obstruction | $365.95 | $563.00 | $159.33–$563.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $100.80, median $233.38, highest $365.95 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $199.48. 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 2 of 2 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.