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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Iowa 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$9.33$7.24 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$9.33 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $42Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $62
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $9

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
$7.24
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$11.22

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.