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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

New Mexico 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$43.65$21.88 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$145 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $72 to $794Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $10 to $87
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $44

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
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$53.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
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
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 45th of 51

$43.65

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.