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Carbon Monoxide Level Through The Skin

West 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$7.59$7.08 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$7.76 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $14Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $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
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.94
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$44.67
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.33

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$7.59

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.