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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

New York 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 New York, 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 $38.90 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$33.88 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$24.55 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $24 to $98Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $23 to $66
$20$50$100facility $39professional $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
$19.95
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$83.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$57.54
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
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
$10.00
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72

Where New York 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.

New York· 42nd 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.