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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88740

Measures how much of the blood's oxygen-carrying pigment is bound up with carbon monoxide, using a sensor resting on the skin instead of a needle. It gives a reading within moments and is used when carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected, for example after smoke inhalation or exposure to a faulty heater.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin cost?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $4.68 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$20.89$9.33 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.68$4.68 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $43Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $37
$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $21

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
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$37.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$37.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$28.18

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in South Dakota than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 19th of 51

$9.33

SD $17.78FL $6.61

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.