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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Michigan 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$60.26$43.65 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$195 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $54 to $646Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $43 to $76
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $60

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
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$36.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.39
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
6 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
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 21st of 51

$61.66

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.