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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

New Mexico 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 5 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$7.08$6.61 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$14.13 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $6 to $79Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $62
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $30professional $7

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
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.22
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.71

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 13th of 51

$10.23

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.