Spirometry with bronchodilator cost in California

In California, 208 hospitals publish a cash price for spirometry before and after a bronchodilator: from $89.60 to $3,243.07, with a median of $800.28. The lowest price is at Mountains Community Hospital (Lake Arrowhead). The highest price is 36.2× the lowest.

• The median here, $800.28, is 72% above the US median of $465.81.
• That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($381.24).
• California ranks 48th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
• 60 of 208 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 94060. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map