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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

South 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$7.24$7.24 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$7.24 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $7 to $45Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $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
$6.61
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.18

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$7.24

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.