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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

South 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$46.77$27.54 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$138 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $71 to $295Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $23 to $60
$20$50$100$200$500facility $162professional $47

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
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
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
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
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 25th of 51

$47.86

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.