Breathing treatment cost in Ripley, WV
In Ripley, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $158.50 to $158.50, with a median of $158.50. Across West Virginia, the median is $126.35 at 6 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 94640, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Association Ripley, WV · (304) 372-2731 INHALATION TREATMENT FOR AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION OR SPUTUM PRODUCTION | $158.50 | $317.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $158.50, median $158.50, highest $158.50.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $165.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 94640 ($173.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Community Health Association Ripley, WVAIRWAY INHALATION TREATMENT | $8.00 | file |