Breathing treatment cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 21 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $21.75 to $704.52, with a median of $215.60. The lowest listed price is at NKC Health — $193.85 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $140.38 at 60 hospitals.
- The median here, $215.60, is 31% above the US median of $164.63.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($223.72).
- Kansas City, MO ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Missouri by median, cheapest first.
- 9 of 21 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 21 facilities across 14 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Lowest$21.75NKC Health
Median$215.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$704.52in this market
Difference32.4×highest vs lowest
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
median
Lowest $21.75Highest $704.52
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NKC Health lowest North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 Sm Volume Nebulizer First Daily+2 more lines at this price File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $21.75 | $75.00 | $27.84–$542.88 | 71% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 94640 Airway Inhalation Treatment FAR+3 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $46.20 | $84.00 | $19.44–$209.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 Lung Function Measurement (MDI) RT File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $46.20 | $84.00 | $19.44–$209.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 94640 Airway Inhalation Treatment EGV+3 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $46.20 | $84.00 | $19.44–$219.33 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 Lung Function Measurement (MDI) RT File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $46.20 | $84.00 | $19.44–$219.33 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 Initial Aerosol Treatment+7 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $47.85 | $87.00 | $19.44–$209.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 Metered Dose Inhaler, Subsequent+7 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $47.85 | $87.00 | $19.44–$219.33 | 45% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 INHALATION TRMT TX RM SCC+5 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 INHALATION TRMT TX RM ALG+5 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% |
| Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 INHALATION TREATMNT +1 more line at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $109.00 | $393.00 | $109.65–$320.69 | 72% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 94640 Airway Inhalation Treatment WPR File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $149.05 | $271.00 | $19.44–$271.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 94640 Airway Inhalation Treatment WPR File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $149.05 | $271.00 | $19.44–$271.00 | 45% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 PULMICORT 0.5MG-NEBULIZER+9 more lines at this price File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $164.30 | $234.71 | $12.07–$219.33 | 30% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 AFORMOTEROL NEBULIZER File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $177.93 | $254.18 | $12.07–$219.33 | 30% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 PULMICORT 0.25MG-NEBULIZIER+7 more lines at this price File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $188.94 | $269.91 | $12.07–$229.42 | 30% |
| Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc Airway Inhalation Treatment File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $206.00 | $219.78 | $31.41–$219.78 | 6% |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Airway Inhalation Treatment File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $206.00 | $219.78 | $13.14–$219.78 | 6% |
| Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 INH TX AC AWY OBST+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $213.06 | $213.06 | $39.63–$213.06 | — |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 INHALER(MDI/DPF)INIT+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $215.60 | $308.00 | $40.04–$745.00 | 30% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Airway Inhalation Treatment File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $218.00 | $986.73 | $10.24–$986.73 | 78% |
| Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS · (913) 498-6000 INH TX AC AWY OBST+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $240.63 | $240.63 | $31.28–$192.50 | — |
| Lee's Summit Medical Center Lee's Summit, MO · (816) 282-5000 Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction for therapeutic purposes and/or for diagnostic purposes such as sputum induction with an aerosol generator, nebulizer, m +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $263.24 | $263.24 | $34.22–$223.75 | — |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission one side Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC RT HAND HELD NEBULIZER+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park one side Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC RT MDI/DPI+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — |
| Ascentist Hospital Leawood, KS · (913) 529-1801 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT File of Apr 26, 2026 · source file | $373.18 | $420.00 | $344.15–$464.99 | 11% |
| Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 276-4000 INH TX AC AWY OBST+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $478.82 | $478.82 | $62.25–$478.82 | — |
| Overland Park Regional Medical Center Olathe, KS · (913) 541-5000 INH TX AC AWY OBST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $512.29 | $512.29 | $66.60–$409.83 | — |
| Centerpoint Medical Center Independence, MO · (816) 698-7000 Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction for therapeutic purposes and/or for diagnostic purposes such as sputum induction with an aerosol generator, nebulizer, m +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $696.05 | $696.05 | $69.09–$626.44 | — |
| Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 348-1200 Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction for therapeutic purposes and/or for diagnostic purposes such as sputum induction with an aerosol generator, nebulizer, m +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $704.52 | $704.52 | $69.09–$634.07 | — |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $21.75, median $215.60, highest $704.52 — a 32.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $109.00. 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 12 of 19 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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 breathing treatment is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breathing treatment explained.