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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 July 2026.

How much does Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $43.65 to $67.61.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $36 to $98
$50$100professional $50

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota 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· 46th of 51

$50.12

SD $102TX $41.69

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.