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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 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 8 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$7.94 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$10.72 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$10$100$1Kfacility $19professional $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
$4.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$22.39
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$24.55
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th 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.