Breathing treatment cost in Nebraska
In Nebraska, 48 hospitals publish a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $29.00 to $382.80, with a median of $148.52. The lowest price is at Chadron Community Hospital (Chadron). The highest price is 13.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $148.52, is 10% below the US median of $164.63.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($223.72).
- Nebraska ranks 20th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 13 of 48 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$29.00Chadron Community Hospital
Median$148.52half of hospitals charge less
Highest$382.80in Nebraska
Lowest saves$119.52vs the median
Hospitals in Nebraska, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadron Community Hospital lowest Chadron · Chadron, NE 94640 Pressurized Or Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment For Acute Airway Obstruction | $29.00 | $42.00 | — source file |
| Saunders Medical Center Wahoo · Omaha, NE-IA BREATHING TX ACUTE AIRWAY | $29.25 | $39.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Howard County Medical Center St. Paul · Grand Island, NE ED INHALATION TX - NURSING | $31.00 | $31.00 | Oct 14, 2026 source file |
| Community Hospital - McCook McCook · McCook, NE INHALATION TREATMENT | $31.73 | $35.25 | Dec 27, 2025 source file |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad · Lexington, NE Breathing Treatment | $33.00 | $37.00 | — source file |
| Gothenburg Health Gothenburg · Lexington, NE 94640 Nebulizer Administration Charge | $33.00 | $37.00 | — source file |
| Kearney County Hospital Minden · Kearney, NE 94640 Nebulizer Hand Held Initial Treatment Charge | $38.00 | $47.00 | — source file |
| Valley County Hospital Ord · Ord, NE NEBULIZER | $39.60 | $44.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Osmond General Hospital Osmond · Norfolk, NE Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $47.00 | $47.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| West Holt Memorial Hospital Atkinson · Atkinson, NE Cln Nebulizer Treatment | $68.00 | $85.00 | — source file |
| Methodist Fremont Health Fremont · Fremont, NE Metered Dose Inhaler-Initial - Aerosol Therapy Pro | $71.04 | $192.00 | Feb 16, 2026 source file |
| Harlan County Health System Alma · Alma, NE Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $81.60 | $102.00 | Oct 15, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA RT- IPPB Treatment Initial | $93.24 | $259.00 | Feb 14, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $104.06 | $242.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $104.06 | $242.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Lakeside Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $104.06 | $242.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Midlands Papillion · Omaha, NE-IA HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $104.06 | $242.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Lexington Regional Health Center Lexington · Lexington, NE RT Aerosol Subsequent CHARGE | $111.36 | $116.00 | Dec 28, 2025 source file |
| Providence Medical Center Wayne · Wayne, NE 94640-Pressurized/Nonpressurized Inhalation Treatment | $117.30 | $138.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Medical Center Grand Island · Grand Island, NE HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $128.24 | $229.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln · Lincoln, NE HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $129.12 | $269.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Community Hospital Blair · Omaha, NE-IA Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $134.40 | $168.00 | Jul 15, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Memorial Hospital, Schuyler Schuyler · Columbus, NE HC AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $136.12 | $166.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Plainview Hospital Plainview · Norfolk, NE HC AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $142.76 | $166.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Kearney · Kearney, NE HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $154.28 | $266.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Beatrice Community Hospital Beatrice · Beatrice, NE Hc Aerosol Subsequent | $159.00 | $159.00 | — source file |
| Garden County Health Services Oshkosh · Oshkosh, NE Airway Inhalation Treatment | $170.00 | $250.00 | — source file |
| Phelps Memorial Health Center Holdrege · Holdrege, NE Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $174.60 | $194.00 | Feb 16, 2026 source file |
| Tri Valley Health System Cambridge · Cambridge, NE Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $174.60 | $194.00 | Oct 2, 2026 source file |
| Pawnee County Memorial Hospital Pawnee City · Pawnee City, NE Non Or Pressurized Inhalation Tx | $200.00 | $250.00 | — source file |
| Nebraska Heart Hospital Lincoln · Lincoln, NE HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $202.40 | $440.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| St. Mary's Community Hospital Nebraska City · Nebraska City, NE HC MDI IN-LINE TREATMENT | $203.36 | $248.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Spine Hospital Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $216.00 | $216.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Health Care Systems Seward · Lincoln, NE Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $217.00 | $217.00 | Jul 15, 2026 source file |
| York General Hospital York · York, NE Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $218.25 | $218.25 | Jul 22, 2026 source file |
| Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff · Scottsbluff, NE HB INHALATION TREATMENT | $222.00 | $370.00 | Mar 17, 2026 source file |
| Kimball County Hospital Kimball · Kimball, NE Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $246.34 | $246.34 | Oct 12, 2026 source file |
| St Francis Memorial Hospital West Point · West Point, NE Meter Dose Inhaler (MDI) Subsequent | $260.00 | $260.00 | Mar 18, 2026 source file |
| Chase County Hospital Imperial · Imperial, NE 94640 Aerosol/vapor Inhal Trmt Charge | $271.00 | $271.00 | — source file |
| Rock County Hospital Bassett · Bassett, NE Rt Aerosol Initial Charge | $288.00 | $303.00 | — source file |
| Callaway District Hospital Callaway · Callaway, NE 94640 Ed Nebulizer Ippb Device | $295.00 | $328.00 | — source file |
| Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon · Gordon, NE Nebulizer Sub 2nd Med Freq | $300.00 | $300.00 | — source file |
| Nemaha County Hospital Auburn · Auburn, NE RT AEROSOL/MDI TX-1 | $310.00 | $310.00 | Jun 1, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue · Omaha, NE-IA Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $312.00 | $480.00 | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Medical Center Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $312.00 | $480.00 | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Syracuse Area Health Syracuse · Syracuse, NE 94640 Mdi Initial Charge | $323.00 | $323.00 | — source file |
| Butler County Health David City · David City, NE 4264542 Subsequent Aerosol Tx | $370.00 | $370.00 | — source file |
| Mary Lanning Healthcare Hastings · Hastings, NE Inhalation treatment for airway obstruction or sputum production | $382.80 | $425.33 | Oct 14, 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
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, NE-IA | 10 | $29.25 | $104.06 |
| Lexington, NE | 3 | $33.00 | $33.00 |
| Lincoln, NE | 3 | $129.12 | $202.40 |
| Grand Island, NE | 2 | $31.00 | $79.62 |
| Kearney, NE | 2 | $38.00 | $96.14 |
| Norfolk, NE | 2 | $47.00 | $94.88 |
| Alma, NE | 1 | $81.60 | $81.60 |
| Atkinson, NE | 1 | $68.00 | $68.00 |
| Auburn, NE | 1 | $310.00 | $310.00 |
| Bassett, NE | 1 | $288.00 | $288.00 |
| Beatrice, NE | 1 | $159.00 | $159.00 |
| Callaway, NE | 1 | $295.00 | $295.00 |
| Cambridge, NE | 1 | $174.60 | $174.60 |
| Chadron, NE | 1 | $29.00 | $29.00 |
| Columbus, NE | 1 | $136.12 | $136.12 |
| David City, NE | 1 | $370.00 | $370.00 |
| Fremont, NE | 1 | $71.04 | $71.04 |
| Gordon, NE | 1 | $300.00 | $300.00 |
| Holdrege, NE | 1 | $174.60 | $174.60 |
| Hastings, NE | 1 | $382.80 | $382.80 |
| Imperial, NE | 1 | $271.00 | $271.00 |
| Kimball, NE | 1 | $246.34 | $246.34 |
| McCook, NE | 1 | $31.73 | $31.73 |
| Nebraska City, NE | 1 | $203.36 | $203.36 |
| Ord, NE | 1 | $39.60 | $39.60 |
| Oshkosh, NE | 1 | $170.00 | $170.00 |
| Pawnee City, NE | 1 | $200.00 | $200.00 |
| Scottsbluff, NE | 1 | $222.00 | $222.00 |
| Syracuse, NE | 1 | $323.00 | $323.00 |
| Wayne, NE | 1 | $117.30 | $117.30 |
| West Point, NE | 1 | $260.00 | $260.00 |
| York, NE | 1 | $218.25 | $218.25 |
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
- Minnesota$116.70
- Mississippi$66.47
- Missouri$140.38
- Montana$109.80
- 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.