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Exercise Challenge Test For Bronchospasm

Minnesota 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$138$100 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$74.13 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $74 to $550Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $74 to $245
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $145professional $138

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$524.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$354.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$138

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.