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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Louisiana 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 October 2026.

How much does Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$42.66$27.54 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$54.95 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $40 to $174Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $24 to $71
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $43

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
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$42.66

AK $93.33DC $25.12

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.