Spirometry cost in Brownsville, TX
In Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for spirometry (breathing test): from $215.00 to $1,436.13, with a median of $825.57. The lowest listed price is at Harlingen Medical Center — $610.57 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $391.60 at 224 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 94010, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlingen Medical Center lowest Harlingen, TX · (956) 365-1000 BASELINE PFT | $215.00 | $977.82 | $49.28–$782.26 | 78% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 Spirometry, including graphic record, total and timed vital capacity, expiratory flow rate measurement(s), with or without maximal voluntary ventilation | $1,436.13 | $1,436.13 | $452.40–$806.58 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, TX · (956) 350-7000 SPIROMETRY | $1,436.13 | $1,436.13 | $100.53–$1,220.71 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $215.00, median $825.57, highest $1,436.13 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
Spirometry measures how much air you can blow out and how fast. It is used to diagnose and follow asthma and COPD.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the test and report.