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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Kentucky 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$39.81$22.39 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$23.99 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $50Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $21 to $62
$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $40

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
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$38.90

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.