Breathing treatment cost in Santa Rosa, CA
In Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $19.38 to $464.80, with a median of $418.20. The lowest listed price is at Healdsburg Hospital — $398.82 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $313.05 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healdsburg Hospital lowest Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC PR 94640 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $19.38 | $38.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $225.42 | $442.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $225.42 | $442.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $402.90 | $790.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $402.90 | $790.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC UC INH AIRWAY INC EVAL/EDUC | $402.90 | $790.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $433.50 | $850.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $433.50 | $850.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 571-4000 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $464.80 | $830.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $19.38, median $418.20, highest $464.80 — a 24.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $418.20. 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.