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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $42.66 to $85.11.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $42 to $355Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $36 to $631
$50$100$200$500facility $72professional $58

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
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
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
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th 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.