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Airplane Cabin Oxygen Test With Oxygen Titration

Virginia 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$74.13$66.07 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$38.90 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $22 to $240Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $56 to $95
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $76professional $74

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$234.42
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.18
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$74.13

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.