Breathing treatment cost in Minnesota
In Minnesota, 85 hospitals publish a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $29.27 to $320.10, with a median of $116.70. The lowest price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital (Grand Rapids). The highest price is 10.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $116.70, is 29% below the US median of $164.63.
- That is 0.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($223.72).
- Minnesota ranks 11th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 85 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 94640. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$29.27Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Median$116.70half of hospitals charge less
Highest$320.10in Minnesota
Lowest saves$87.43vs the median
Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MN HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $29.27 | $68.87 | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| Range Regional Health Services Hibbing · Duluth, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $29.33 | $69.00 | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Crosby · Brainerd, MN PR PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $31.28 | $92.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet · Duluth, MN-WI FP-AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $35.20 | $55.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northfield Hospital Northfield · Faribault-Northfield, MN Neb Treatment | $40.00 | $95.00 | Apr 16, 2026 source file |
| Riverwood Healthcare Center Aitkin · Aitkin, MN PRESSURIZED/NONPRESSURIZED INHALATION TREATMENT | $40.49 | $72.30 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Madison Hospital Madison · Madison, MN INHAL TRMT ACUTE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION (RHC) | $42.50 | $50.00 | Jun 23, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Virginia Virginia · Duluth, MN-WI METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $43.33 | $69.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ortonville Area Health Services Ortonville · Ortonville, MN PF 94640 NEBULIZER TREATMENT | $46.75 | $55.00 | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Ada Ada · Ada, MN METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $49.51 | $67.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Deer River Deer River · Grand Rapids, MN METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $49.51 | $67.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Fosston Fosston · Grand Forks, ND-MN METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $49.51 | $67.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital Graceville · Graceville, MN METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $49.51 | $67.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Moose Lake Moose Lake · Duluth, MN-WI METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $49.51 | $67.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Northern Pines Aurora · Duluth, MN-WI METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $49.51 | $67.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Sandstone Sandstone · Sandstone, MN METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $49.51 | $67.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Glacial Ridge Hospital Glenwood · Glenwood, MN Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $56.48 | $67.24 | Oct 21, 2026 source file |
| Perham Health Perham · Fergus Falls, MN Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $57.20 | $88.00 | Feb 1, 2026 source file |
| Mille Lacs Health System Onamia · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI NEB TREATMENT | $58.80 | $84.00 | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Lakewood Health Center Baudette · Baudette, MN MDI/NEBULIZER SMALL VOL ACU | $61.04 | $109.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Area Health Services Park Rapids · Park Rapids, MN MDI/NEBULIZER SMALL VOL ACU | $61.04 | $109.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Meeker County Memorial Hospital Litchfield · Litchfield, MN INHALATION TREATMENT ACUTE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION (PBB) | $64.00 | $100.00 | Dec 28, 2025 source file |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington · Worthington, MN NEB INITIAL TX | $64.80 | $81.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby · Canby, MN MDI SUBSEQ TX | $66.40 | $83.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| St. Francis Medical Center Breckenridge · Wahpeton, ND-MN MDI/NEBULIZER SMALL VOL ACU | $66.49 | $109.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Kittson Healthcare Hallock · Hallock, MN NEB SUBSEQ TX | $67.00 | $67.00 | Jun 26, 2026 source file |
| Unity Family Healthcare Little Falls · Little Falls, MN MDI OR NEB TREATMENT SUBSEQUENT | $69.02 | $119.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth · Duluth, MN-WI Sputum Collection - Lh | $72.35 | $133.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| City of Sleepy Eye Sleepy Eye · New Ulm, MN HAND HELD NEB-ER | $72.76 | $115.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Glencoe Regional Health Glencoe · Hutchinson, MN HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX IPPB | $74.50 | $74.50 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| Regions Hospital St. Paul · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Airway Inhalation Treatm | $83.20 | $320.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Aitkin Community Hospital one side Aitkin · Aitkin, MN HC RT AIRWAY INHALATION TX IPPB | $84.28 | $150.50 | Aug 12, 2026 source file |
| Welia Health Mora · Mora, MN HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX MDI/DPI | $90.30 | $129.00 | Apr 27, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Stillwater · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Airway Inhalation Treatm | $93.98 | $254.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Johnson Memorial Hospital Dawson · Dawson, MN INHAL TRMT ACUTE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION (RHC) | $95.43 | $112.27 | Sep 8, 2026 source file |
| New Ulm Medical Center New Ulm · New Ulm, MN HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX MDI VENT | $96.82 | $172.90 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Windom Area Hospital Windom · Windom, MN ED 94640 NON OR PRES'D INHALATION TX | $104.04 | $153.00 | Feb 3, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center Brainerd · Brainerd, MN METERED DOSE INHALER TX | $104.99 | $156.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| County of Murray Slayton · Slayton, MN NEB SUBSEQ TX | $109.20 | $168.00 | Nov 2, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Lake View Hospital Two Harbors · Two Harbors, MN Sputum Collection - Lh | $109.46 | $133.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Wheaton Wheaton · Wheaton, MN IPPB INITIAL TX | $110.40 | $138.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Hutchinson Hospital Hutchinson · Hutchinson, MN Airway inhalation treatment | $111.78 | $243.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt · Faribault-Northfield, MN HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX | $116.70 | $208.40 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Buffalo Hospital Buffalo · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX EZPAP W NEB | $116.70 | $208.40 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX | $116.70 | $208.40 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Owatonna Hospital Owatonna · Owatonna, MN HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX | $116.70 | $208.40 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls · Thief River Falls, MN NEB SUBSEQ TX | $117.60 | $147.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne · Sioux Falls, SD-MN MDI SUBSEQ TX | $119.20 | $149.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Lakewood Health System Staples · Staples, MN Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $129.58 | $209.00 | Sep 11, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley · Bagley, MN NEB INITIAL TX | $130.40 | $163.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's - Detroit Lakes Detroit Lakes · Detroit Lakes, MN AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $134.18 | $209.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Duluth Duluth · Duluth, MN-WI AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $137.94 | $209.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth · Duluth, MN-WI AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $137.94 | $209.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth · Duluth, MN-WI AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $137.94 | $209.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Health Care Minneapolis · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI NEB FOR SPUTUM INDUCTION | $142.00 | $142.00 | May 7, 2026 source file |
| Mahnomen Health Center Mahnomen · Mahnomen, MN NEB SUBSEQ TX | $143.10 | $159.00 | Jul 16, 2026 source file |
| Bigfork Valley Hospital Bigfork · Grand Rapids, MN NEBULIZER TREATMENT | $147.18 | $207.30 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Stevens Community Medical Center Morris · Morris, MN Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $152.25 | $203.00 | Jun 26, 2026 source file |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX MDI VENT | $160.46 | $334.30 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Allina United Hospital St. Paul · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX | $160.46 | $334.30 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Coon Rapids · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HCHG RC AIRWAY INHALATION TX EZPAP W NEB | $160.46 | $334.30 | Jun 17, 2026 source file |
| Rainy Lake Medical Center International Falls · International Falls, MN PF 94640 NEBULIZER TREATMENT | $165.49 | $214.92 | May 6, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji · Bemidji, MN MDI INITIAL TX | $168.00 | $210.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Astera Health Wadena · Wadena, MN Sputum Induction | $169.67 | $235.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Appleton Area Health Appleton · Appleton, MN Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $170.85 | $201.00 | Jul 7, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy · Marshall, MN NEB SUBSEQ TX | $172.80 | $216.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook · Westbrook, MN NEB SUBSEQ TX | $172.80 | $216.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Airway inhalation treatment | $182.26 | $701.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Maple Grove Hospital Maple Grove · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Inhalation Treatment | $182.34 | $346.00 | Apr 30, 2026 source file |
| North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Inhalation nebulizer treatment | $182.34 | $346.00 | Apr 30, 2026 source file |
| Alomere Health Alexandria · Alexandria, MN NEBULIZER TREATMENT INITIAL | $194.30 | $335.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Olivia Hospital Olivia · Olivia, MN Airway inhalation treatment | $195.20 | $320.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Jackson Hospital Jackson · Jackson, MN ED 94640 NEBULIZER TREATMENT | $195.20 | $244.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital Ely · Duluth, MN-WI Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $196.02 | $242.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital of Wabasha Wabasha · Rochester, MN HCHG 94640 SM VOLUME NEBULIZER TRT-SUBSEQ | $199.75 | $328.00 | Jun 27, 2026 source file |
| Lifecare Medical Center Roseau · Roseau, MN Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $249.92 | $284.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $260.26 | $649.01 | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Lakes Health Services Wyoming · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, ADDITIONAL | $260.45 | $649.48 | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Bethesda Hospital St. Paul · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $260.65 | $650.00 | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Northland Regional Hospital Princeton · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $260.65 | $650.00 | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $260.65 | $650.00 | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital Maplewood · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $260.65 | $650.00 | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $260.65 | $650.00 | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital Burnsville · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC INHALATION/NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $275.12 | $647.33 | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| The Cook Hospital Cook · Duluth, MN-WI INHALATN TRTMNT (NEBULIZER) ER | $320.10 | $485.00 | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 20 | $58.80 | $182.30 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 11 | $29.33 | $72.35 |
| Grand Rapids, MN | 3 | $29.27 | $49.51 |
| Aitkin, MN | 2 | $40.49 | $62.38 |
| Brainerd, MN | 2 | $31.28 | $68.14 |
| Faribault-Northfield, MN | 2 | $40.00 | $78.35 |
| Hutchinson, MN | 2 | $74.50 | $93.14 |
| New Ulm, MN | 2 | $72.76 | $84.79 |
| Ada, MN | 1 | $49.51 | $49.51 |
| Appleton, MN | 1 | $170.85 | $170.85 |
| Alexandria, MN | 1 | $194.30 | $194.30 |
| Bagley, MN | 1 | $130.40 | $130.40 |
| Baudette, MN | 1 | $61.04 | $61.04 |
| Bemidji, MN | 1 | $168.00 | $168.00 |
| Canby, MN | 1 | $66.40 | $66.40 |
| Dawson, MN | 1 | $95.43 | $95.43 |
| Detroit Lakes, MN | 1 | $134.18 | $134.18 |
| Fergus Falls, MN | 1 | $57.20 | $57.20 |
| Glenwood, MN | 1 | $56.48 | $56.48 |
| Graceville, MN | 1 | $49.51 | $49.51 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 1 | $49.51 | $49.51 |
| Hallock, MN | 1 | $67.00 | $67.00 |
| International Falls, MN | 1 | $165.49 | $165.49 |
| Jackson, MN | 1 | $195.20 | $195.20 |
| Litchfield, MN | 1 | $64.00 | $64.00 |
| Little Falls, MN | 1 | $69.02 | $69.02 |
| Madison, MN | 1 | $42.50 | $42.50 |
| Mahnomen, MN | 1 | $143.10 | $143.10 |
| Mora, MN | 1 | $90.30 | $90.30 |
| Morris, MN | 1 | $152.25 | $152.25 |
| Marshall, MN | 1 | $172.80 | $172.80 |
| Olivia, MN | 1 | $195.20 | $195.20 |
| Ortonville, MN | 1 | $46.75 | $46.75 |
| Owatonna, MN | 1 | $116.70 | $116.70 |
| Park Rapids, MN | 1 | $61.04 | $61.04 |
| Roseau, MN | 1 | $249.92 | $249.92 |
| Rochester, MN | 1 | $199.75 | $199.75 |
| Sandstone, MN | 1 | $49.51 | $49.51 |
| Slayton, MN | 1 | $109.20 | $109.20 |
| Staples, MN | 1 | $129.58 | $129.58 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 1 | $119.20 | $119.20 |
| Thief River Falls, MN | 1 | $117.60 | $117.60 |
| Two Harbors, MN | 1 | $109.46 | $109.46 |
| Wadena, MN | 1 | $169.67 | $169.67 |
| Westbrook, MN | 1 | $172.80 | $172.80 |
| Wheaton, MN | 1 | $110.40 | $110.40 |
| Windom, MN | 1 | $104.04 | $104.04 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 1 | $66.49 | $66.49 |
| Worthington, MN | 1 | $64.80 | $64.80 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What breathing treatment is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breathing treatment explained.
Breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction in other states
- Alabama$125.25
- Alaska$424.32
- Arizona$259.79
- Arkansas$78.52
- California$322.92
- Colorado$286.25
- Connecticut$215.15
- Delaware$293.28
- District of Columbia$320.06, 3 hospitals
- Florida$260.20
- Georgia$188.76
- Hawaii$181.43
- Idaho$208.60
- Illinois$192.50
- Indiana$112.80
- Iowa$118.80
- Kansas$127.80
- Kentucky$132.06
- Louisiana$93.94
- Maine$190.47
- Maryland$151.17
- Massachusetts$292.50
- Michigan$169.68
- Mississippi$66.47
- Missouri$140.38
- Montana$109.80
- Nebraska$148.52
- Nevada$236.10
- New Hampshire$129.58
- New Jersey$225.22
- New Mexico$120.60
- New York$224.00
- North Carolina$104.34
- North Dakota$104.50
- Ohio$175.50
- Oklahoma$132.00
- Oregon$170.38
- Pennsylvania$223.00
- Puerto Rico$49.41, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$219.00
- South Carolina$156.29
- South Dakota$217.60
- Tennessee$98.55
- Texas$201.00
- Utah$280.34
- Vermont$194.28
- Virginia$157.80
- Washington$200.74
- West Virginia$204.80
- Wisconsin$86.45
- Wyoming$109.25
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.