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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 July 2026.

How much does Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test cost?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$44.67$23.99 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$29.51 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $24 to $182Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $22 to $65
$20$50$100$200facility $52professional $45

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$45.71

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.