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Infant Spirometry Before And After Bronchodilator

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 94012

A breathing test for an infant or very young child that measures how much and how fast air moves in and out of the lungs, performed once before and again after a bronchodilator medication is given. Comparing the two results shows whether the medication improves the child's airflow.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Infant Spirometry Before And After Bronchodilator cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$141 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$182 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $141 to $407Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $117 to $219
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $224professional $166

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$166

AK $316FL $117

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.