CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: Adventist Health Vallejo

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$182

about 0.8× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $13–$307

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$290

Above the fair price

about $108 over the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $224 Fair price $182 This hospital $290 Cash price $187 Hospital's list price $1,249

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $20 Priciest $290

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Breathing treatment (nebulizer) is about $182 (about 0.8× the $224 Medicare rate). Adventist Health Vallejo charges insurers about $290, or about $187 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Vallejo, CA.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $182. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$203 - $796	91%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$203 - $562	91%
Aetnamajor	$649	290%
Cignamajor	$999	447%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$1,049	469%
Health Net	$766	342%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$203 - $1,062

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 187), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 94640.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Adventist Health Vallejo is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 94640.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Adventist Health Vallejo

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.