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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Louisiana 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $45.71 to $72.44.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $36 to $98
$50$100$200professional $66

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
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$66.07

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.