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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Arkansas 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 4 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$41.69$24.55 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$32.36 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $30 to $63Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $21 to $63
$20$50$100facility $32professional $42

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
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 47th of 51

$39.81

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.