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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Arizona 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$52.48$38.90 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$54.95 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $43 to $295Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $35 to $631
$50$100$200$500facility $174professional $52

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
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
3 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
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 35th of 51

$52.48

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.