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Home Breathing Monitor Supply and Transmission

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $51.29 to $95.50.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $51 to $51Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $49 to $145
$50$100$200facility $51professional $76

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
7 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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th 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.