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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Missouri 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$48.98$25.70 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$28.84 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $25 to $129Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $23 to $89
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $54professional $49

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
$28.84
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$48.98

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.