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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

North Carolina 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $41.69 to $83.18.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $23 to $50Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $25 to $112
$50$100facility $39professional $54

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$53.70

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.