Breathing treatment cost in Los Angeles, CA — inpatient
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 28 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $154.08 to $632.45, with a median of $308.88. The lowest listed price is at St Jude Hospital — $154.80 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $313.05 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 28 facilities across 19 cities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Jul 27, 2026.
Lowest$154.08St Jude Hospital
Median$308.88half pay less
Highest$632.45in this market
Difference4.1×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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
median
Lowest $154.08Highest $632.45
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Hospital lowest Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $154.08 | $321.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital lowest Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $154.08 | $321.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB NITRIC OXIDE THERAPY INITIAL DAY | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB NITRIC OXIDE THERAPY SUBSEQ DAY | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB COUGH ASSIST TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB MED NEB TREATMENT SUBSEQ DAY | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB MDI TREATMENT SUBSEQ DAY | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB INCENTIVE SPIROMETER | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB MED NEB TREATMENT INITIAL DAY | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB MDI TREATMENT INITIAL DAY | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Placentia Linda Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 MDI TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 MDI TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HAND HELD NEB TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 AEROSOL TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 MDI TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HAND HELD NEB TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 AEROSOL TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Placentia Linda Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HAND HELD NEB TREATMENT | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Lakewood Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $202.00 | $505.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Lakewood Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 AEROSOL TREATMENT | $226.80 | $567.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 AEROSOL THERAPY SGL TREATMENT | $243.60 | $696.00 | $522.00–$696.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 SPUTUM INDUCTION | $243.60 | $696.00 | $522.00–$696.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 HHN TX SUBSEQU.(EZPAP) | $243.60 | $696.00 | $522.00–$696.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 MED NEBULIZER TREATMENT-NICU | $243.60 | $696.00 | $522.00–$696.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 IPPB- TREATMENT | $243.60 | $696.00 | $522.00–$696.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $277.44 | $578.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $277.44 | $578.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Lakewood Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HAND HELD NEB TREATMENT | $288.00 | $720.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $308.88 | $594.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA · (818) 365-8051 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $326.90 | $934.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA · (818) 365-8051 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $326.90 | $934.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Airway Inhalation Treatment | $328.75 | $328.75 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA · (818) 881-0800 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $386.05 | $1,103.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA · (818) 881-0800 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $386.05 | $1,103.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB PC IPPB TRT SUBSEQUENT | $417.31 | $642.02 | $253.26–$14,761.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $431.52 | $899.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $431.52 | $899.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $446.95 | $1,277.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $446.95 | $1,277.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $446.95 | $1,277.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $446.95 | $1,277.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $448.35 | $1,281.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $448.35 | $1,281.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 HB PC IPPB TRT SUBSEQUENT | $451.18 | $694.13 | $253.26–$9,712.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Airway Inhalation Treatment | $608.00 | $608.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $632.45 | $1,807.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $632.45 | $1,807.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $154.08, median $308.88, highest $632.45 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 31 facilities here, median $308.88 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 94640 ($173.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CAHB PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $9.60 | file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CAHB MED NEB TREATMENT SUBSEQ DAY | $9.60 | file |