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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Maine 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 Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$7.59$6.76 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$9.33 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $47Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $8

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
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$41.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 16th 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.