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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 October 2026.

How much does Portable Liquid Oxygen System, Rental cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$23.44 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$22.91 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $23 to $347Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $18 to $347
$20$50$100$200$500facility $347professional $58

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
11 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
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 29.5 times more in Wyoming than in Oklahoma. 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· 31st of 51

$57.54

WY $676OK $22.91

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.