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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Nebraska 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$30.20 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$63.10 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $49 to $302Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $21 to $126
$20$50$100$200facility $148professional $41

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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
2 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
$10.72
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.00

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 41st of 51

$40.74

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.