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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Minnesota 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$87.10$66.07 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$309 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $105 to $631Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $45 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $407professional $87

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
$104.71
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$309.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$75.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$234.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.33

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$105

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.