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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $66.07 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$43.65$38.90 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$36.31 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $16 to $661Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $34 to $71
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $66professional $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
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$660.69
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
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
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 44th 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.