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Portable Liquid Oxygen System, Rental

North Carolina rates for HCPCS E0434

Portable liquid oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, supply reservoir, humidifier, flowmeter, refill adaptor, contents gauge, cannula or mask, and tubing

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Portable Liquid Oxygen System, Rental cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 6 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$295$209 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$50.12 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $33 to $417Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $105 to $347
$20$50$100$200$500facility $251professional $295

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in South Dakota than in California. 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· 6th of 51

$288

SD $355CA $100

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.