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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

North Carolina 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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$6.61 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$7.41 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $66Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $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
$5.89
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.96
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$7.59

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.