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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Colorado 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 7 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$7.08$5.89 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$12.59 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $7 to $48Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $25professional $7

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
$5.89
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.22
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$15.14

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 31st of 51

$8.71

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.