How much does a portable oxygen concentrator cost? Real price ranges, new and refurbished

Real numbers from our own current catalog, since 'prices vary' helps no one: new portable concentrators run $1,995 (OxyGo FIT, OxyGo NEXT, Drive iGo2) to $3,200 (Caire Eclipse 5), with the Caire FreeStyle Comfort at $2,995 between them. Refurbished portables start at $1,095. Home stationary units are the quiet bargain of the category: $649–$1,995 new, $395 refurbished. A handful of models, mostly Inogen's current line, are call-for-pricing — that reflects distribution agreements, not evasion, and the concierge quotes them directly.

What moves the price between portables isn't oxygen output — most pulse portables span similar setting ranges — it's engineering extras: continuous-flow capability (the Eclipse 5's $3,200 buys its 0.5–3 LPM continuous mode), weight class (sub-3-pound machines carry a premium per pound saved), battery architecture, and warranty length, which runs 3 to 5 years across our catalog.

Budget for the ecosystem, not just the machine: a second battery, a carrying case or backpack, and spare cannulas are near-universal first-month purchases for portable owners, and they add a few hundred dollars to a realistic total. On the stationary side the ecosystem cost is nearly zero — tubing and a backup cylinder — which widens the real price gap between the two classes beyond the sticker difference.

One structural note on pricing anywhere you shop: because these are prescription devices sold by regulated sellers, the sticker price is usually the price — this isn't a category with checkout-code discount culture. Our own version of that is literal: no insurance adjudication, no billing surprises later; the price on the product page is what you pay, and sale prices (like the iGo2's current $1,995 against its usual $2,295) are printed on the page itself.