Breathing treatment cost in Lexington, KY
In Lexington-Fayette, KY, 10 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $22.62 to $348.99, with a median of $120.86. The lowest listed price is at Continuing Care Hospital — $98.24 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $132.06 at 79 hospitals.
- The median here, $120.86, is 27% below the US median of $164.63.
- That is 0.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($223.72).
- Lexington, KY ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Kentucky by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 6 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuing Care Hospital lowest Lexington, KY HC AIRWAY INHALATION SUBQ TX File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $22.62 | $51.00 | $46.41–$49.47 | 56% |
| Saint Joseph East Lexington, KY · (859) 967-5000 HC Airway Inhalation Subq Tx File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $59.63 | $142.00 | $29.04–$427.71 | 58% |
| Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington, KY · (859) 313-1000 HC Airway Inhalation Subq Tx File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $64.11 | $135.00 | $31.67–$427.71 | 53% |
| Bluegrass Community Hospital Versailles, KY · (859) 879-2300 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, metered dose inhaler or intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) device File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $78.89 | $197.23 | $59.17–$197.23 | 60% |
| Saint Joseph East Lexington, KY · (859) 967-5000 Bland Aero Tx Init Ea Day+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $102.88 | $245.00 | $50.10–$427.71 | 58% |
| Continuing Care Hospital Lexington, KY BLAND AERO TX INIT EA DAY File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $108.64 | $245.00 | $222.95–$237.65 | 56% |
| Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown, KY · (502) 868-1100 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, metered dose inhaler or intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) device File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $110.30 | $275.74 | $79.50–$275.74 | 60% |
| Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington, KY · (859) 313-1000 Bland Aero Tx Init Ea Day+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $116.35 | $245.00 | $57.48–$427.71 | 53% |
| Saint Joseph Hospital Nicholasville, KY · (859) 313-1000 Bland Aero Tx Init Ea Day+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $131.42 | $245.00 | $57.48–$427.71 | 46% |
| University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Extended Nebulizer Treatement Subsequent+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $161.41 | $403.53 | — | 60% |
| University of Kentucky Hospital one side Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Rt Induced Sputum+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $161.41 | $403.53 | — | 60% |
| Bourbon Community Hospital Paris, KY · (859) 987-3600 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, metered dose inhaler or intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) device File of Jul 11, 2026 · source file | $223.84 | $559.61 | $149.86–$513.40 | 60% |
| Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester, KY · (859) 737-8559 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, metered dose inhaler or intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) device File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $278.70 | $696.75 | $199.83–$639.22 | 60% |
| Baptist Health Lexington Lexington, KY · (859) 260-6100 Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file | $348.99 | $465.32 | $41.88–$946.00 | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $22.62, median $120.86, highest $348.99 — a 15.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $64.11. 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 9 of 9 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 breathing treatment is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breathing treatment explained.