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Airplane Cabin Oxygen Test With Oxygen Titration

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 94453

A breathing test that mimics the thinner air of an aircraft cabin by having the patient breathe a mixture with reduced oxygen while blood oxygen levels are watched. Extra oxygen is then given and adjusted step by step to find how much would be needed in flight. A clinician interprets the results and writes a report.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Airplane Cabin Oxygen Test With Oxygen Titration cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $240 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$77.62 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$170 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $141 to $288Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $68 to $129
$100$200facility $240professional $100

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
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in North Dakota than in Texas. 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.

Rhode Island· 11th of 51

$100

ND $148TX $61.66

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.