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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Maryland 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $40.74 to $75.86.

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 $59 · 10th to 90th $35 to $195
$10$20$50$100$200professional $59

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
$5.89
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$50.12

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 36th of 51

$58.88

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.