Breathing treatment cost in York, PA
In York-Hanover, PA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $239.20 to $418.20, with a median of $418.20. The lowest listed price is at WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital — $179.00 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $149.60 at 61 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in York-Hanover, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital lowest York, PA · (717) 812-6100 Inhalation Treatment for Airway Obstruction or Sputum Production | $239.20 | $299.00 | $101.70–$980.92 | 20% | — source file |
| UPMC Hanover Hanover, PA · (717) 637-3711 HC AEROSOL INHALATION | $418.20 | $697.00 | $36.40–$691.13 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Hanover Hanover, PA · (717) 637-3711 HC METERED DOSE INHALER | $418.20 | $697.00 | $36.40–$691.13 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Hanover Hanover, PA · (717) 637-3711 HC AIRWAY INHALATION RX | $418.20 | $697.00 | $36.40–$691.13 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Hanover Hanover, PA · (717) 637-3711 HC INHAL TR NON-PRESSURIZ/FLUTTER | $418.20 | $697.00 | $36.40–$691.13 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Memorial York, PA · (717) 843-8623 HC AEROSOL INHALATION | $418.20 | $697.00 | $20.10–$687.32 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Memorial York, PA · (717) 843-8623 HC METERED DOSE INHALER | $418.20 | $697.00 | $20.10–$687.32 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Memorial York, PA · (717) 843-8623 HC AIRWAY INHALATION RX | $418.20 | $697.00 | $20.10–$687.32 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Memorial York, PA · (717) 843-8623 HC INHAL TR NON-PRESSURIZ/FLUTTER | $418.20 | $697.00 | $20.10–$687.32 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $239.20, median $418.20, highest $418.20 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 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.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 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.