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Exercise Challenge Test For Bronchospasm

Iowa 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$117$72.44 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$123 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $89 to $191Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $43 to $174
$20$50$100$200facility $135professional $117

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$120.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$74.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
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
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$120

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.