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Breathing Response To Carbon Dioxide Test

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 94400

A test of how strongly your breathing increases when the carbon dioxide level in the air you breathe is raised. You breathe through a mouthpiece while the gas mixture is adjusted and the depth and rate of your breathing are recorded, showing how sensitively the body's breathing control responds.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Breathing Response To Carbon Dioxide Test cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$100 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$151 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $123 to $468Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $83 to $331
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $224professional $129

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$141.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in Hawaii than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 16th of 34

$132

HI $676SC $30.20

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.