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Breathing Challenge Test For Airway Sensitivity

Alaska rates for HCPCS 94070

Breathing measurements are taken repeatedly while the patient is exposed to a substance, such as a fine mist of medication or cold air, that can trigger airway narrowing in sensitive people. It is used to help diagnose conditions like asthma when standard breathing tests come back normal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Breathing Challenge Test For Airway Sensitivity cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$126 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$174 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,692Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $69 to $257
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $135

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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$112.20
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$194.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$97.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$138.04
4 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
$31.62
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Minnesota than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$138

MN $141TX $38.90

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.