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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 October 2026.

How much does Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, 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 $245 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$43.65 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$219 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $112 to $575Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $41 to $79
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $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
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
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
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 36th 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.