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Breathing Test Before and After Inhaler

West 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$36.31 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$46.77 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $39 to $1,585Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $126
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $479professional $46

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
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$158.49
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,819.70
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
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
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.24

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 43rd of 51

$46.77

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.