Breathing treatment cost in Hartford, CT
In Hartford, CT, 3 hospitals list a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $214.00 to $282.00, with a median of $224.95. The lowest listed price is at Hartford Hospital — $10.95 less than the median here. Across Connecticut, the median is $215.15 at 14 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 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 Hartford, CT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Hospital lowest Hartford, CT · (860) 545-5000 HC PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $214.00 | $214.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford, CT · (860) 714-5541 HC Treatment Inhalation Pressurized/Nonpressurized Acute Airway Obstruction | $224.95 | $409.00 | $65.41–$912.35 | 45% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Sputum Induction | $282.00 | $470.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Sputum Induction | $282.00 | $470.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Inhalation Trmt | $299.40 | $499.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Inhalation Trmt | $299.40 | $499.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Bag in Aero Init | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Bag in Aero Init | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Bag in Aero Sub | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Bag in Aero Sub | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Inexsuff Initial | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Inexsuff Initial | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Inexsuff Subseq | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Inexsuff Subseq | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Instill Initial | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Instill Initial | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Instill Subseq | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Instill Subseq | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Aerosol Initial | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Ippb Initial | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Ippb Subseq | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Ippb Subseq | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Mdi Extend | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Mdi Extend | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Mdi Subsequent | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Mdi Subsequent | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Mdi W Spacer Inti | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Mdi W Spacer Inti | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Mdi WO Spacr Inti | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Mdi WO Spacr Inti | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Ippb Initial | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Aerosol Initial | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Aerosol Subseq | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Aerosol Subseq | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Aerosol Therapy | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Connecticut Children's Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Aerosol Therapy | $383.40 | $639.00 | $324.11–$583.00 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $214.00, median $224.95, highest $282.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $253.48. 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 2 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 1 it is 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.