Breathing treatment cost in Salem, OR — inpatient
In Salem, OR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $79.95 to $858.26, with a median of $469.11. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Silverton Medical Center — $389.16 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $91.65 at 33 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 6, 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 Salem, OR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center lowest Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC TX SUBS PRESS/NONPRESS INHALATION | $79.95 | $123.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC TX INITIAL PRESS/NONPRESS INHALATION | $142.35 | $219.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC IPV NEBULIZER | $166.40 | $256.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC AERO TNT HOOD MSK DAILY | $604.50 | $930.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Santiam Memorial Hospital Stayton, OR · (503) 769-2175 Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $858.26 | $858.26 | $245.90–$815.35 | — | Aug 6, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $79.95, median $469.11, highest $858.26 — a 10.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $469.11 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 94640 ($173.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, ORPR PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $14.30 | file |