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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 94780

This is a monitored observation period, usually lasting up to an hour, in which a baby is placed in their car seat or a similar seated position while their heart rate, breathing, and oxygen levels are continuously recorded. It is done to check whether sitting in a car seat causes dips in oxygen, slow breathing, or a slowed heart rate, which can happen in some newborns, especially those born early. The results help decide whether it is safe for the baby to travel in a car seat or whether other arrangements are needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test cost?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$63.10$47.86 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$30.90 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $23 to $107Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $25 to $214
$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $63

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$107.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$107.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$181.97

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Minnesota than in Indiana. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$61.66

MN $70.79IN $36.31

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.