Breathing treatment cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 18 hospitals publish a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $110.00 to $1,239.00, with a median of $152.25. The lowest price is at Kershaw Medical Center (Camden). The highest price is 11.3× the lowest.
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 Sep 23, 2026.
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 5 | $120.90 | $120.90 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 4 | $230.00 | $812.75 |
| Columbia, SC | 3 | $110.00 | $146.00 |
| Cades, SC | 1 | $125.50 | $125.50 |
| Florence, SC | 1 | $250.00 | $250.00 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 1 | $126.00 | $126.00 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 1 | $277.20 | $277.20 |
| Mullins, SC | 1 | $158.50 | $158.50 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $173.50 | $173.50 |
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.
Breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction in other states
- Alabama$321.00
- Alaska$396.81
- Arizona$584.00
- Arkansas$75.40
- California$313.05
- Colorado$477.97
- Connecticut$215.15
- Delaware$293.28
- Florida$223.46
- Georgia$188.76
- Hawaii$89.10
- Idaho$463.00
- Illinois$187.50
- Indiana$112.80
- Iowa$87.84
- Kansas$155.35
- Kentucky$299.40
- Louisiana$78.88
- Maine$181.77
- Maryland$72.00
- Massachusetts$217.00
- Michigan$192.10
- Minnesota$116.70
- Mississippi$57.73
- Missouri$118.30
- Montana$163.43
- Nebraska$101.64
- Nevada$238.00
- New Hampshire$90.84
- New Jersey$253.00
- New Mexico$142.74
- New York$223.72
- North Carolina$81.20
- North Dakota$128.80
- Ohio$182.52
- Oklahoma$75.24
- Oregon$91.65
- Pennsylvania$149.60
- Rhode Island$219.00
- South Dakota$172.80
- Tennessee$94.08
- Texas$203.49
- Utah$140.91
- Vermont$38.33
- Virginia$138.00
- Washington$200.74
- West Virginia$126.35
- Wisconsin$66.95
- Wyoming$47.20
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.