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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Alabama 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$45.71$44.67 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$148 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $148 to $214Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $74
$50$100$200$500facility $151professional $46

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
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$57.54
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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$46.77

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.