Breathing treatment cost in New Jersey

In New Jersey, 54 hospitals publish a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $19.65 to $1,560.00, with a median of $225.22. The lowest price is at Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - Mainland Division (Pomona). The highest price is 79.4× the lowest.

• The median here, $225.22, is 37% above the US median of $164.63.
• That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($223.72).
• New Jersey ranks 41st of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
• 15 of 54 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Why New Jersey prices look low: under state law (P.L.2008, c.60), a hospital may not charge an uninsured New Jersey resident whose family income is below 500% of the federal poverty level more than 115% of what Medicare pays for the same service. If that is you, ask the hospital's billing office to apply this limit; a separate physician fee may still apply. 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