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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Missouri 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$54.95 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$56.23 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $41 to $912Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $40 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $93professional $65

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
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.85
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
2 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
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.33

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$64.57

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.