Breathing treatment cost in Vallejo, CA
In Vallejo, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $47.13 to $464.80, with a median of $464.80. The lowest listed price is at NorthBay Medical Center — $417.67 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $313.05 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 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 Vallejo, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NorthBay Medical Center lowest Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Nebulizer | $47.13 | $47.13 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center lowest Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Nebulizer | $47.13 | $47.13 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Hand Held Nebulizer Treatment | $330.00 | $330.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Mdi Treatment | $330.00 | $330.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Mdi Instruction | $330.00 | $330.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Mdi Treatment | $330.00 | $330.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Mdi Instruction | $330.00 | $330.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Metaneb Init Airway Inhale Trt | $330.00 | $330.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Hand Held Nebulizer Treatment | $330.00 | $330.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Metaneb Init Airway Inhale Trt | $330.00 | $330.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville Vacaville, CA · (707) 624-4000 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $464.80 | $830.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo Vallejo, CA · (707) 651-1000 PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $464.80 | $830.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Ipv Tx | $535.00 | $535.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Ipv Tx | $535.00 | $535.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Airway Inhalation Treatment | $615.00 | $615.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Airway Inhalation Treatment | $615.00 | $615.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Nebulizer(S) | $1,796.00 | $1,796.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Nebulizer(S) | $1,796.00 | $1,796.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $47.13, median $464.80, highest $464.80 — a 9.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 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.