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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Colorado 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 7 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$46.77$24.55 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$26.92 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $23 to $93Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $22 to $71
$20$50$100facility $49professional $47

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
$24.55
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$89.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$120.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 31st of 51

$46.77

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.