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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Arkansas 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$53.70 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$263 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $72 to $380Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $46 to $79
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $60

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
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$95.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
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
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$60.26

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.