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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Nebraska 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$95.50$77.62 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$275 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $78 to $813Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $36 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $95

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
$36.31
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
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
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.59

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$95.50

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.