You could use the data-* attributes and the jQuery .data() to get it. See this.
HTML:
<table class="ebc-table">
<tr>
<td class="priceChange" data-origprice="4.00">4.00</td>
...
</tr>
</table>
JS/jQuery:
$(".applybutton").click(function () {
var adjFactor = $("#adj_factor :selected").val();
var adjAmount = $("#adj_amount").val();
if (adjFactor == "$") {
$(".priceChange").each(function () {
var test = $(this).data('origprice'); //gets data-origPrice attribute
var updateAmt = parseFloat(test) + parseFloat(adjAmount);
//if( isNaN( parseFloat( updateAmt) ) ) // do something here eventually
return $(this).html(updateAmt);
});
}
});
Browser support is very nice too!