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Portable Oxygen Contents, Liquid, over 4 Liters per Minute

Iowa rates for HCPCS E0447

Portable oxygen contents, liquid, 1 month's supply = 1 unit, prescribed amount at rest or nighttime exceeds 4 liters per minute (LPM)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Portable Oxygen Contents, Liquid, over 4 Liters per Minute cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $120 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$110$79.43 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$93.33 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $63 to $427Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $49 to $148
$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $110

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
4 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
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Rhode Island. 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$110

HI $115RI $46.77

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.