Breathing treatment cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 6 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $21.75 to $287.18, with a median of $152.44. The lowest listed price is at NKC Health — $130.69 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $118.30 at 31 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 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 6, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NKC Health lowest North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 Metered Treatment Initial | $21.75 | $75.00 | $27.84–$542.88 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| NKC Health lowest North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 Sm Volume Nebulizer First Daily | $21.75 | $75.00 | $27.84–$542.88 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| NKC Health lowest North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 Sm Volume Nebulizer Subseq Daily | $21.75 | $75.00 | $27.84–$542.88 | 71% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 TRMNT MEDICATION AEROSOL PUT | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 AIRWAY INHALATION TRTMNT MDI | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 AIRWY INHALATION TREATMENT | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 INHALATION TRMT TX RM ALG | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 INHALATION TRMT TX RM SCC | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 INHALATION TRMT TX RM TPC | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 TRMNT MEDICATION AEROSOL PUT | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 AIRWY INHALATION TREATMENT | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 INHALATION TRMT TX RM SCC | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 INHALATION TRMT TX RM TPC | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 INHALATION TRMT TX RM ALG | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 AIRWAY INHALATION TRTMNT MDI | $86.88 | $181.00 | $72.54–$529.54 | 52% | — source file |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Airway Inhalation Treatment | $218.00 | $986.73 | $10.24–$986.73 | 78% | Mar 17, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park one side Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC RT HAND HELD NEBULIZER | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission one side Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC RT MDI/DPI | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission one side Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC RT INDUCED SPUTUM | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission one side Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC RT HAND HELD NEBULIZER | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park one side Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC RT INHALATION TREATMENT | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park one side Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC RT MDI/DPI | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park one side Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC RT INDUCED SPUTUM | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission one side Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC RT INHALATION TREATMENT | $287.18 | $287.18 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $21.75, median $152.44, highest $287.18 — a 13.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $86.88. 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 1 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 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.