Breathing treatment cost in Rochester, NY
In Rochester, NY, 10 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $76.00 to $318.66, with a median of $221.44. The lowest listed price is at Orleans Community Health — $145.44 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $224.00 at 105 hospitals.
- The median here, $221.44, is 35% above the US median of $164.63.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($223.72).
- Rochester, NY has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in New York with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 8, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 12, 2024 and Aug 27, 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 Rochester, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Community Health lowest Medina, NY · (585) 798-8111 AEROSOL THERAPY ED+17 more lines at this price File of Dec 12, 2024 · source file | $76.00 | $190.00 | $76.00–$190.00 | 60% |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 HB Med Neb Tx, Repeat Same Day+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $173.00 | — | — | — |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 HB Med Neb Tx, Repeat Same Day+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $173.00 | — | — | — |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $174.00 | — | — | — |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $195.00 | — | — | — |
| Highland Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 341-6711 HB Mdi via Vent Tx, Repeat Same Day+6 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $212.50 | — | $3.03–$751.17 | — |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 HB Sputum Induction+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $212.50 | — | $3.03–$917.47 | — |
| Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY · (315) 787-4175 NEB TREATMENT File of Aug 27, 2026 · source file | $230.37 | $575.91 | $251.48–$603.38 | 60% |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC PRESS_NONPRESS INHALER TRTMT FOR AC AWY OBS_SI FOR DIAG PUR_MDI_AERSL GEN_NEB_IPPB DEV_+6 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $258.91 | $398.32 | — | 35% |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC 94640 INHALATION TREATMENT ACUTE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION_ SPUTUM INDUCTION+6 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $258.91 | $398.32 | — | 35% |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs, NY · (315) 462-9561 HC NEBULIZER TX WITH MECH VENT+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $258.91 | $398.32 | — | 35% |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 Airway inhalation treatment File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $259.92 | — | $266.19–$541.45 | — |
| Highland Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 341-6711 Airway inhalation treatment File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $259.92 | — | $259.39–$464.22 | — |
| Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY · (315) 787-4175 PRES OR NON PRES INH TX MDI File of Aug 27, 2026 · source file | $288.82 | $722.05 | $251.48–$613.74 | 60% |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC COUGH ASSIST TREATMENT+5 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.66 | $398.32 | — | 20% |
| Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY · (315) 787-4175 PRES / NONPRES INH TX SVN IPPB File of Aug 27, 2026 · source file | $329.22 | $823.04 | $251.48–$699.58 | 60% |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $331.00 | — | — | — |
| Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY · (315) 787-4175 NEBULIZER TREATMENT File of Aug 27, 2026 · source file | $334.03 | $835.07 | $251.48–$709.81 | 60% |
Outpatient: lowest $76.00, median $221.44, highest $318.66 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $258.91. 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 4 of 4 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.