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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

New Jersey 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$57.54$46.77 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$67.61 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,585Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $38 to $81
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $58

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
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
3 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
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 25th of 51

$57.54

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.