Breathing treatment cost in West Virginia
In West Virginia, 19 hospitals publish a cash price for breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction: from $19.35 to $769.83, with a median of $204.80. The lowest price is at Rivers Health (Point Pleasant). The highest price is 39.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $204.80, is 24% above the US median of $164.63.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($223.72).
- West Virginia ranks 34th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 19 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 Nov 4, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$19.35Rivers Health
Median$204.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$769.83in West Virginia
Lowest saves$185.45vs the median
Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivers Health lowest Point Pleasant · Point Pleasant, WV IPPB - SUBSEQUENT | $19.35 | $60.48 | Nov 22, 2025 source file |
| Sistersville General Hospital Sistersville · Sistersville, WV Airway Inhalation Treatment | $21.03 | $35.05 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Williamson Memorial Williamson · Williamson, WV Hand Held Neb Tx Initial | $22.50 | $45.00 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Boone Memorial Hospital Madison · Charleston, WV AEROSOL TREATMENT | $24.50 | $35.00 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery · Beckley, WV INHALATION THERAPY (2/MORE) | $52.72 | $70.30 | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
| Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood · Morgantown, WV TK RESPIR NEBULIZER TREATMENT, INITIAL | $54.50 | $109.00 | May 21, 2026 source file |
| Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Grantsville · Grantsville, WV MDI TREATMENT - SUB | $77.00 | $77.00 | Nov 12, 2025 source file |
| Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Buckeye · Buckeye, WV NEB TX SUBSEQUENT | $77.00 | $110.00 | Nov 13, 2025 source file |
| St. Mary’s Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 94640 Pressurized or nonpressurized i | $136.20 | $136.20 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital Philippi · Philippi, WV HAND HELD NEBULIZER | $204.80 | $292.56 | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Roane General Hospital Spencer · Spencer, WV Inhalation tx sputum induction | $209.40 | $349.00 | Nov 2, 2026 source file |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 94640 Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treat for acu | $216.00 | $216.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Summers County Arh Hospital Hinton · Hinton, WV HAND HELD NEB TX SUBS | $241.20 | $402.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Beckley Arh Hospital Beckley · Beckley, WV HAND HELD NEB TX INIT | $261.00 | $435.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Raleigh General Hospital Beckley · Beckley, WV Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction for therapeutic purposes and/or for diagnostic purposes such as sputum induction with an aerosol generator, nebulizer, metered dose inhaler or intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) device | $261.00 | $70.50 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| St Marys Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH AEROSOL/VAPOR INHALE INITIAL | $429.00 | $429.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stonewall Jackson Hospital Weston · Weston, WV Aerosol Initial | $587.34 | $1,174.68 | May 19, 2026 source file |
| Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital White Hall · Fairmont, WV AMB Admin INH Charge -> INH Treatment 94640 | $769.83 | $1,539.65 | Apr 21, 2026 source file |
| Mon Health Medical Center Morgantown · Morgantown, WV Inhaler Treatment | $769.83 | $1,539.65 | Apr 10, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckley, WV | 3 | $52.72 | $261.00 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 3 | $136.20 | $216.00 |
| Morgantown, WV | 2 | $54.50 | $412.16 |
| Buckeye, WV | 1 | $77.00 | $77.00 |
| Charleston, WV | 1 | $24.50 | $24.50 |
| Fairmont, WV | 1 | $769.83 | $769.83 |
| Grantsville, WV | 1 | $77.00 | $77.00 |
| Hinton, WV | 1 | $241.20 | $241.20 |
| Philippi, WV | 1 | $204.80 | $204.80 |
| Point Pleasant, WV | 1 | $19.35 | $19.35 |
| Sistersville, WV | 1 | $21.03 | $21.03 |
| Spencer, WV | 1 | $209.40 | $209.40 |
| Weston, WV | 1 | $587.34 | $587.34 |
| Williamson, WV | 1 | $22.50 | $22.50 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What breathing treatment is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breathing treatment explained.
Breathing treatment (nebulizer or inhaler) for airway obstruction in other states
- Alabama$125.25
- Alaska$424.32
- Arizona$259.79
- Arkansas$78.52
- California$322.92
- Colorado$286.25
- Connecticut$215.15
- Delaware$293.28
- District of Columbia$320.06, 3 hospitals
- Florida$260.20
- Georgia$188.76
- Hawaii$181.43
- Idaho$208.60
- Illinois$192.50
- Indiana$112.80
- Iowa$118.80
- Kansas$127.80
- Kentucky$132.06
- Louisiana$93.94
- Maine$190.47
- Maryland$151.17
- Massachusetts$292.50
- Michigan$169.68
- Minnesota$116.70
- Mississippi$66.47
- Missouri$140.38
- Montana$109.80
- Nebraska$148.52
- Nevada$236.10
- New Hampshire$129.58
- New Jersey$225.22
- New Mexico$120.60
- New York$224.00
- North Carolina$104.34
- North Dakota$104.50
- Ohio$175.50
- Oklahoma$132.00
- Oregon$170.38
- Pennsylvania$223.00
- Puerto Rico$49.41, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$219.00
- South Carolina$156.29
- South Dakota$217.60
- Tennessee$98.55
- Texas$201.00
- Utah$280.34
- Vermont$194.28
- Virginia$157.80
- Washington$200.74
- Wisconsin$86.45
- Wyoming$109.25
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.