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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Minnesota 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$67.61$43.65 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$25.12 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $25 to $309Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $28 to $166
$20$50$100$200$500facility $60professional $68

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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$144.54
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$67.61

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.