Breathing treatment cost in Polson, MT — inpatient
In Polson, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $446.40 to $446.40, with a median of $446.40. Across Montana, the median is $163.43 at 7 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 Polson, MT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Joseph Medical Center lowest Polson, MT · (406) 883-5377 HC INHALATION TREATMENT DAILY | $446.40 | $558.00 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Medical Center lowest Polson, MT · (406) 883-5377 HC ED INHALATION TREATMENT CDM | $446.40 | $558.00 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $446.40, median $446.40, highest $446.40.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $446.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 94640 ($173.50). 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.
| Providence St Joseph Medical Center Polson, MTHC PR 94640 NEBULIZER SMALL VOLUME | $16.80 | file |