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Portable Gaseous Oxygen System, Rental

South Carolina rates for HCPCS E0431

Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Portable Gaseous Oxygen System, Rental cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $141 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$126$43.65 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$14.79 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $15 to $178Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $14 to $178
$10$20$50$100$200facility $141professional $126

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
9 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
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QB · Oxygen over 4 L/min + portable + QF · Oxygen over 4 L/min at rest + portable + RR · Rental
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Wyoming than in Illinois. 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.

South Carolina· 22nd of 51

$126

WY $302IL $24.55

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.