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Exercise Challenge Test For Bronchospasm

North Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $69.18 to $87.10.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $66 to $66Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $66 to $120
$50$100$200facility $66professional $83

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
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
16 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
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 25th of 51

$83.18

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.