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Infant Car Seat Breathing Safety Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $35.48 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$24.55 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$25.70 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $22 to $4,571Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $22 to $66
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $35professional $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
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
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
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.96

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd 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.