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Spirometry (Basic Lung Function Test)

Virginia 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.90$27.54 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$22.39 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $11 to $331Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $26 to $45
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $40professional $31

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
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$331.13
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
3 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
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$30.90

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.