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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$7.08$6.31 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$9.33 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $40Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10professional $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
$7.94
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$19.50
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.55

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th 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.