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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Missouri 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$8.13$5.62 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$9.33 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $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
$9.12
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.85
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$17.38

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 24th of 51

$9.12

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.