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Home Breathing Monitor Supply and Transmission

Iowa rates for HCPCS 98976

Covers supplying a patient with a device that records information about their breathing at home and automatically sends those readings, or alerts, to the care team over a month-long period. The device does the recording; the patient does not have to come in for the readings to reach their clinician.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Home Breathing Monitor Supply and Transmission cost?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$66.07 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$66.07 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $56 to $123Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $52 to $135
$50$100$200facility $79professional $76

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Nebraska than in Kentucky. 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$77.62

NE $105KY $40.74

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.