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Exercise Challenge Test For Bronchospasm

Alabama rates for HCPCS 94619

This service is an exercise-based breathing test used to check for bronchospasm - narrowing of the airways - triggered by physical exertion. The patient exercises for a period of time while lung function is measured before and after to detect airway narrowing consistent with exercise-induced bronchospasm.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Exercise Challenge Test For Bronchospasm cost?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$77.62$75.86 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$75.86 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $76 to $76Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $65 to $102
$100facility $76professional $78

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Nebraska 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$77.62

NE $155UT $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.