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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Iowa 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$79.43$46.77 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$93.33 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $78 to $2,138Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $23 to $126
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $355professional $79

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
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
2 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
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$79.43

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.