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Portable Gaseous Oxygen System with Home Compressor, Rental

California rates for HCPCS K0738

Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Portable Gaseous Oxygen System with Home Compressor, Rental cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$219 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$31.62 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $25 to $263Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $23 to $269
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $32professional $257

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
HealthNet
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$85.11
3 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
Facility
Modifier
MS · Maintenance fee + RR · Rental
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
MS · Maintenance fee
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
MS · Maintenance fee
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where California sits

The same service costs 30.2 times more in Wyoming than in Hawaii. 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.

California· 32nd of 51

$257

WY $676HI $22.39

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.