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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Utah 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$30.90$26.30 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$69.18 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $69 to $912Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $23 to $69
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $31

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
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
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 51st of 51

$31.62

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.