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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Montana 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 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 6 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$50.12$31.62 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$38.90 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $30 to $100Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $22 to $93
$100$1K$10Kfacility $54professional $50

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$114.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 16th of 51

$50.12

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.