Breathing treatment cost in Charleston, WV — inpatient
In Charleston, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction as an inpatient: from $398.50 to $398.50, with a median of $398.50. Across West Virginia, the median is $126.35 at 6 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 94640, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 10, 2026 and Jul 10, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association lowest South Charleston, WV · (304) 766-3600 INHALATION TREATMENT FOR AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION OR SPUTUM PRODUCTION | $398.50 | $797.00 | $1,227.00–$12,172.00 | 50% | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston, WV · (304) 766-3600 AIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $428.50 | $857.00 | $1,227.00–$12,172.00 | 50% | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $398.50, median $398.50, highest $398.50.
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 and below every plan's rate. 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.