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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

South 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $107.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $60 to $1,072Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $51 to $123
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $155professional $83

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$120.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.12
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.91

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$83.18

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.