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Home Breathing Monitor Supply and Transmission

Montana 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$74.13$63.10 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$89.13 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $74 to $98Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $58 to $89
$50$100facility $91professional $74

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
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
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 12th of 51

$74.13

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.