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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on lung and bronchus

Breathing test before and after inhaled airway medicine

CPT 94060the billing code this page is about

Measures airflow out of the lungs, then repeats the measurement after an inhaled medicine that opens the airways, to see how much breathing improves.

Hospitals typically charge $424 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,281 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $445. Most fall between $193 and $791 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,281
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,281 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$104$245$424$686$1,114

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($104 vs $1,114).

How the prices are spread

$58 – $80: 87 hospitals$58$80 – $112: 110 hospitals$112 – $157: 160 hospitals$112$157 – $220: 225 hospitals$220 – $307: 317 hospitals$220$307 – $429: 602 hospitals$429 – $599: 596 hospitals$429$599 – $838: 444 hospitals$838 – $1,171: 283 hospitals$838$1,171 – $1,636: 134 hospitals$1,171median $424price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,958 of 3,281 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$58$8087
$80$112110
$112$157160
$157$220225
$220$307317
$307$429602
$429$599596
$599$838444
$838$1,171283
$1,171$1,636134

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$381
Median cash price$424
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.11×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $424.

Alaska: median $497 across 15 hospitalsAK$497Maine: median $317 across 27 hospitalsME$317Vermont: median $206 across 13 hospitalsVT$206New Hampshire: median $329 across 21 hospitalsNH$329Washington: median $391 across 69 hospitalsWA$391Idaho: median $427 across 25 hospitalsID$427Montana: median $258 across 28 hospitalsMT$258North Dakota: median $269 across 20 hospitalsND$269Minnesota: median $314 across 96 hospitalsMN$314Illinois: median $525 across 132 hospitalsIL$525Wisconsin: median $374 across 105 hospitalsWI$374Michigan: median $343 across 85 hospitalsMI$343New York: median $369 across 107 hospitalsNY$369Massachusetts: median $651 across 52 hospitalsMA$651Oregon: median $397 across 49 hospitalsOR$397Nevada: median $426 across 22 hospitalsNV$426Wyoming: median $316 across 16 hospitalsWY$316South Dakota: median $485 across 36 hospitalsSD$485Iowa: median $317 across 92 hospitalsIA$317Indiana: median $395 across 87 hospitalsIN$395Ohio: median $558 across 131 hospitalsOH$558Pennsylvania: median $484 across 118 hospitalsPA$484New Jersey: median $367 across 57 hospitalsNJ$367Connecticut: median $480 across 22 hospitalsCT$480Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $791 across 211 hospitalsCA$791Utah: median $423 across 41 hospitalsUT$423Colorado: median $439 across 69 hospitalsCO$439Nebraska: median $596 across 77 hospitalsNE$596Missouri: median $445 across 85 hospitalsMO$445Kentucky: median $479 across 68 hospitalsKY$479West Virginia: median $330 across 41 hospitalsWV$330Virginia: median $386 across 67 hospitalsVA$386Maryland: median $360 across 39 hospitalsMD$360Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $404 across 49 hospitalsAZ$404New Mexico: median $361 across 30 hospitalsNM$361Kansas: median $334 across 79 hospitalsKS$334Arkansas: median $161 across 40 hospitalsAR$161Tennessee: median $304 across 74 hospitalsTN$304North Carolina: median $389 across 90 hospitalsNC$389South Carolina: median $439 across 52 hospitalsSC$439Oklahoma: median $330 across 67 hospitalsOK$330Louisiana: median $196 across 51 hospitalsLA$196Mississippi: median $224 across 52 hospitalsMS$224Alabama: median $305 across 35 hospitalsAL$305Georgia: median $410 across 109 hospitalsGA$410Hawaii: median $378 across 18 hospitalsHI$378Texas: median $566 across 234 hospitalsTX$566Florida: median $899 across 163 hospitalsFL$899
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $424. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL163$899+112%$359 – $2,128
California CA211$791+86%$348 – $1,329
Massachusetts MA52$651+53%$299 – $847
Nebraska NE77$596+40%$248 – $760
Texas TX234$566+33%$309 – $1,351
Ohio OH131$558+31%$254 – $888
Illinois IL132$525+24%$175 – $785
Alaska AK15$497+17%$94 – $901
South Dakota SD36$485+14%$198 – $618
Pennsylvania PA118$484+14%$283 – $944
Connecticut CT22$480+13%$82 – $825
Kentucky KY68$479+13%$259 – $1,038
Missouri MO85$445+5%$191 – $738
Colorado CO69$439+3%$254 – $901
South Carolina SC52$439+3%$331 – $582
Idaho ID25$427+1%$149 – $709
Nevada NV22$4260%$247 – $1,049
Utah UT41$4230%$423 – $727
Georgia GA109$410−4%$281 – $776
Arizona AZ49$404−5%$86 – $1,110
Oregon OR49$397−6%$66 – $654
Indiana IN87$395−7%$165 – $772
Washington WA69$391−8%$138 – $592
North Carolina NC90$389−8%$244 – $557
Virginia VA67$386−9%$283 – $612
Hawaii HI18$378−11%$258 – $482
Wisconsin WI105$374−12%$143 – $569
New York NY107$369−13%$112 – $769
New Jersey NJ57$367−14%$299 – $530
New Mexico NM30$361−15%$238 – $500
Maryland MD39$360−15%$132 – $707
Michigan MI85$343−19%$166 – $608
Kansas KS79$334−21%$124 – $507
Oklahoma OK67$330−22%$159 – $598
West Virginia WV41$330−22%$200 – $557
New Hampshire NH21$329−23%$253 – $1,061
Iowa IA92$317−25%$144 – $453
Maine ME27$317−25%$161 – $483
Wyoming WY16$316−26%$113 – $442
Minnesota MN96$314−26%$150 – $433
Alabama AL35$305−28%$187 – $480
Tennessee TN74$304−28%$183 – $536
North Dakota ND20$269−37%$125 – $325
Montana MT28$258−39%$104 – $499
Mississippi MS52$224−47%$109 – $345
Vermont VT13$206−51%$68 – $673
Louisiana LA51$196−54%$121 – $469
Arkansas AR40$161−62%$155 – $525
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $424.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,294$455$232 – $888
Children’s68$528$277 – $853
Critical access909$350$123 – $594
Ownership
For-profit444$623$299 – $1,923
Government609$357$134 – $601
Non-profit2,218$424$195 – $764
System affiliation
Part of a system2,670$441$215 – $822
Independent611$347$110 – $613

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$734
Median cash price$424
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,236 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $442 and the average of the middle 60% is $466; most fall between $214 and $791.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,236 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$113$267$442$708$1,022

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($113 vs $1,022).

Of the 2,427 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,236 gave a usable cash price; 86 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 105 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,281 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (83%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,540 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,281
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here138
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded119
Hospitals that filed this code3,540

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures on lung and bronchus family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Brncdilat Rspse Spmtry Pre&Post-Brncdilat Admn|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Breathing test before and after inhaled airway medicine (CPT 94060) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-94060-breathing-test-before-and-after-inhaled-airway-medicine