Breathing treatment cost in Fresno, CA
In Fresno, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $51.69 to $540.80, with a median of $502.80. The lowest listed price is at Madera Community Hospital — $451.11 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $313.05 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 15, 2026 and Jul 30, 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 Fresno, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madera Community Hospital lowest Madera, CA · (559) 706-8226 Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $51.69 | $86.15 | $16.78–$309.81 | 40% | Jul 30, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno Fresno, CA · (559) 448-4500 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $464.80 | $830.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Clovis, CA · (559) 324-4000 HHN WITH ANTIBIOTIC | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Clovis, CA · (559) 324-4000 HHN, MDI OR EZPAP SUBSEQ | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Clovis, CA · (559) 324-4000 HHN/MDI/EZPAP | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Clovis, CA · (559) 324-4000 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN WITH ANTIBIOTIC | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN, MDI OR EZPAP SUBSEQ | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN/MDI/EZPAP | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN/MDI/EZPAP | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN WITH ANTIBIOTIC | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN, MDI OR EZPAP SUBSEQ | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN/MDI/EZPAP | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN, MDI OR EZPAP SUBSEQ | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Fresno, CA · (559) 459-6000 HHN WITH ANTIBIOTIC | $540.80 | $676.00 | $11.70–$743.60 | 20% | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $51.69, median $502.80, highest $540.80 — a 10.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $540.80. 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 3 of 3 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.