Breathing treatment cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $149.40 to $334.06, with a median of $219.00. The lowest listed price is at South County Health — $69.60 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $219.00 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 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 Sep 1, 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South County Health lowest Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 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 | $149.40 | $249.00 | $77.03 | 40% | — source file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $219.00 | $219.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $219.00 | $219.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $219.00 | $219.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Landmark Medical Center Woonsocket, RI · (401) 769-4100 Hc Airway Inhalation Treatment | $244.00 | $1,035.63 | $37.81–$983.85 | 76% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $262.79 | $262.79 | — | — | — source file |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $334.06 | $334.06 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $149.40, median $219.00, highest $334.06 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $219.00. 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 1 of 2 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.