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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Washington, DC 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 5 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$7.08 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$7.08 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $7 to $58Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$7.08
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$18.62

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 49th of 51

$7.08

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.