Breathing treatment cost in South Bend, IN
In South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $23.00 to $246.35, with a median of $134.68. The lowest listed price is at Mishawaka Medical Center — $111.68 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $112.80 at 64 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 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Mar 31, 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 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mishawaka Medical Center lowest Mishawaka, IN PR Treatment Inhalation Pressurized/Nonpressurized Acute Airway Obstruction | $23.00 | $23.00 | $5.11–$23.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mishawaka Medical Center Mishawaka, IN HC Treatment Inhalation Pressurized/Nonpressurized Acute Airway Obstruction | $91.00 | $140.00 | $24.84–$817.96 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 Nebulizer # | $246.35 | $379.00 | $75.80–$379.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 MDI # Treatment | $246.35 | $379.00 | $75.80–$379.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 IPPB # | $246.35 | $379.00 | $75.80–$379.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 Neb with Heliox # MHSB | $246.35 | $379.00 | $75.80–$379.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 Updraft Treatment - ER | $246.35 | $379.00 | $75.80–$379.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 Metaneb Treatment | $246.35 | $379.00 | $75.80–$379.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 Completed # | $246.35 | $379.00 | $75.80–$379.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 Humidity # Continuous | $321.10 | $494.00 | $98.80–$494.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend, IN · (574) 647-1000 Aerosol with Heliox Daily Charge | $827.45 | $1,273.00 | $254.60–$1,273.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $23.00, median $134.68, highest $246.35 — a 10.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $134.68. 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 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 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.