Breathing treatment cost in Sacramento, CA
In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $464.80 to $464.80, with a median of $464.80. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento and 2 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $313.05 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento lowest Sacramento, CA PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $464.80 | $830.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento lowest Sacramento, CA · (916) 973-5000 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $464.80 | $830.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville lowest Roseville, CA · (916) 784-4000 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $464.80 | $830.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $464.80, median $464.80, highest $464.80.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $464.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.