Breathing treatment cost in Charleston, WV
In Charleston, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $24.50 to $24.50, with a median of $24.50. Across West Virginia, the median is $210.40 at 10 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charleston, WV.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Memorial Hospital lowest Madison, WV · (304) 369-1230 AEROSOL TREATMENT | $24.50 | $35.00 | $7.58–$33.25 | 30% | — source file |
| Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV · (304) 369-1230 NEB CHANGE | $37.80 | $54.00 | $7.58–$51.30 | 30% | — source file |
| Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV · (304) 369-1230 AEROSOL CHARGE INITIAL | $239.50 | $479.00 | $7.58–$455.05 | 50% | — source file |
| Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV · (304) 369-1230 MDI INITIAL | $239.50 | $479.00 | $7.58–$455.05 | 50% | — source file |
| Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV · (304) 369-1230 MDI SUBSEQUENT | $239.50 | $479.00 | $7.58–$455.05 | 50% | — source file |
| Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV · (304) 369-1230 INDUCED SPUTUM COLLECTION | $239.50 | $479.00 | $7.58–$455.05 | 50% | — source file |
| Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV · (304) 369-1230 IPV 1 | $335.30 | $479.00 | $7.58–$455.05 | 30% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $24.50, median $24.50, highest $24.50.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $211.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.