Breathing treatment cost in Reno, NV
In Reno, NV, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $238.00 to $780.00, with a median of $509.00. The lowest listed price is at Saint Marys Regional Medical Center — $271.00 less than the median here. Across Nevada, the median is $238.00 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2026 and Jun 8, 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 Reno, NV.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marys Regional Medical Center lowest Reno, NV · (775) 770-3000 Hc Airway Inhalation Treatment | $238.00 | $1,271.81 | $5.74–$1,271.81 | 81% | Mar 17, 2026 source file |
| Incline Village Community Hospital Incline Village, NV · (775) 833-4100 Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $780.00 | $780.00 | $12.95–$795.60 | — | Jun 8, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $238.00, median $509.00, highest $780.00 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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.