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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Rhode Island 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 4 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$5.25$5.25 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$10.72 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $5

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
$8.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$8.13

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.