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Spirometry (Basic Lung Function Test)

Alabama rates for HCPCS 94010

This is a basic breathing test where the patient blows air forcefully into a mouthpiece connected to a machine that measures how much air the lungs can hold and how quickly it can be exhaled. The results, shown as a graph and numbers, help diagnose and monitor conditions like asthma or COPD, a long-term lung disease that narrows the airways. It's the standard, entry-level pulmonary function test, without the added gas-dilution or diffusion measurements included in more extensive lung testing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spirometry (Basic Lung Function Test) cost?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$32.36$30.90 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$75.86 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $76 to $76Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $25 to $46
$50$100$200facility $76professional $32

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12 + 32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$32.36

MN $67.61TX $26.92

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.