Spirometry cost in Minden, LA
In Minden, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for spirometry (breathing test): from $103.50 to $127.55, with a median of $115.53. The lowest listed price is at Minden Medical Center — $12.03 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $142.01 at 24 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 Minden, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minden Medical Center lowest Minden, LA · (318) 377-2321 PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST | $103.50 | $345.00 | $66.51–$395.00 | 70% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Minden Medical Center lowest Minden, LA · (318) 377-2321 BREATHING CAPACITY TEST | $103.50 | $345.00 | $66.51–$395.00 | 70% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Medical Center Springhill, LA · (318) 539-1000 PFT BASIC | $127.55 | $375.14 | $192.26–$375.14 | 66% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $103.50, median $115.53, highest $127.55 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $115.53. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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 1 it is 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 94010 ($232.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Minden Medical Center Minden, LASPIROMETRY SCREENING | $15.00 | file |