Breathing treatment cost in Oxnard, CA
In Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $226.59 to $334.03, with a median of $239.15. The lowest listed price is at Dignity Health — $12.56 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $308.88 at 158 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dignity Health lowest Camarillo, CA INH TX INITIAL EA DAY | $226.59 | $546.00 | $28.01–$17,179.00 | 59% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Dignity Health Oxnard, CA · (805) 988-2500 INH TX INITIAL EA DAY | $239.15 | $546.00 | $28.01–$17,179.00 | 56% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 MDI VENT | $334.03 | $334.03 | $50.10–$334.03 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Dignity Health Camarillo, CA INH TX EA SUBSEQ TX/DAY | $373.92 | $901.00 | $28.01–$17,179.00 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Dignity Health Oxnard, CA · (805) 988-2500 INH TX EA SUBSEQ TX/DAY | $394.64 | $901.00 | $28.01–$17,179.00 | 56% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 HYP SPUTUM | $448.22 | $448.22 | $67.23–$448.22 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 TOBROMYCIN ADMIN | $1,049.47 | $1,049.47 | $157.42–$1,049.47 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 ANTIBIOTIC ADMIN | $1,049.47 | $1,049.47 | $157.42–$1,049.47 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 INH TX AC AWY OBST | $1,181.61 | $1,181.61 | $177.24–$1,181.61 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 IPPB | $1,181.61 | $1,181.61 | $177.24–$1,181.61 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $226.59, median $239.15, highest $334.03 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $232.87. 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 2 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.