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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Pennsylvania 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 8 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$6.92 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$10.00 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $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
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.45
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.49
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$32.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$27.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.79

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 39th of 51

$7.94

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.