Breathing treatment cost in Flint, MI
In Flint, MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $34.60 to $118.44, with a median of $76.52. The lowest listed price is at McLaren Flint — $41.92 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $192.10 at 62 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Flint, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren Flint lowest Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 AMB Med Inhalation Tx -> First Airway Inhal Tx 94640 | $34.60 | $69.20 | $19.38–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint lowest Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 AMB Med Inhalation Tx -> Subs Airway Inhal TX 94640 | $34.60 | $69.20 | $19.38–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 PFT CHARGE MDI -> Initial | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 PFT CHARGE Aerosol Med Therapy -> Initial | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 PFT CHARGE MDI -> Subsequent | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 RT CHARGE MDI -> Subsequent | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 RT CHARGE MDI -> Initial | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 RT CHARGE Aerosol Med Therapy -> Subsequent | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 RT CHARGE Aerosol Med Therapy -> Initial | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 Pressure/nonpressurized inhale Tx 94640 | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 PFT CHARGE Aerosol Med Therapy -> Subsequent | $63.20 | $126.40 | $35.39–$317.38 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Grand Blanc Twp, MI HELIOX SUBSEQ CHG | $118.44 | $282.00 | $23.04–$89.11 | 58% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Grand Blanc Twp, MI SVN SUBSEQ TREATMENT CHG | $118.44 | $282.00 | $23.04–$89.11 | 58% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $34.60, median $76.52, highest $118.44 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 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.