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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

North Dakota 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 5 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 $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$77.62 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $60 to $550Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $60 to $123
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $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
$60.26
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.89

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 4th of 51

$93.33

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.