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Portable Oxygen Contents, Liquid, over 4 Liters per Minute

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$81.28$63.10 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$63.10 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $48 to $129Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $47 to $85
$50$100$200facility $72professional $81

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Kansas 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.

North Carolina· 6th of 51

$81.28

KS $112RI $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.