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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Alaska rates for HCPCS 94060

A lung function test that measures how much air a person can breathe out and how quickly, performed once on its own and then again after using a bronchodilator inhaler. Comparing the two sets of results shows whether airway narrowing improves with medication, which helps diagnose and manage conditions like asthma or COPD. It's a simple, noninvasive breathing test done by blowing forcefully into a machine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$89.13$75.86 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$331 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,622Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $55 to $158
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $776professional $89

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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55
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
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Minnesota than in Utah. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$95.50

MN $105UT $31.62

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.