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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Nebraska 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$9.33$6.17 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$11.75 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $6 to $60Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $62
$5$10$20$50facility $22professional $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
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$19.50
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.62

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$14.45

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.