Breathing treatment cost in Visalia, CA — inpatient
In Visalia, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $305.00 to $305.00, with a median of $305.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across California, the median is $326.90 at 207 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 10, 2026 and Jul 14, 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 Visalia, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital lowest Visalia, CA Inhalation Treatment | $305.00 | $305.00 | $259.25–$274.50 | — | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center lowest Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 Inhalation Treatment | $305.00 | $305.00 | $145.49–$305.00 | — | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $305.00, median $305.00, highest $305.00.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $305.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 94640 ($174.30). 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.
| Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital Visalia, CA94640 Inhalation Treatment | $17.00 | file |
| Kaweah Health Rehabilitation Hospital St. Visalia, CA94640 Inhalation Treatment | $17.00 | file |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA94640 Inhalation Treatment | $17.00 | file |