Breathing treatment cost in Salt Lake City, UT
In Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $64.40 to $217.42, with a median of $140.91. The lowest listed price is at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics — $76.51 less than the median here. Across Utah, the median is $140.91 at 2 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 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 17, 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics lowest Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Cf Vest/Pep Treatment | $64.40 | $92.00 | — | 30% | — source file |
| Mountain West Medical Center Tooele, UT · (435) 843-3700 Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $217.42 | $362.37 | $191.60–$333.38 | 40% | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Nb Humidity Therapy | $239.71 | $342.44 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Ippb Treatment | $239.71 | $342.44 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Manual Hyper Inflation | $239.71 | $342.44 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Newborn Metered Dose Inha | $239.71 | $342.44 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Ipv - Initial | $239.71 | $342.44 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Ribovirin Continuous Trea | $239.71 | $342.44 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Newborn Small Volume Nebu | $239.71 | $342.44 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Ipv - Subsequent | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Inhalation Treatment | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Induced Sputum | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Pep Treatment | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 HB Pep Treatment Non Cf | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Metered Dose Inhaler Trea | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Aerogen Nebulizer Treatment | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Vent Sigh Treatment | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Pulmonary Drainage & Perc | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Small Volume Nebulizer | $256.97 | $367.10 | — | 30% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $64.40, median $140.91, highest $217.42 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $64.40. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is 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.