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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 July 2026.

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

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 9 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$269$245 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$29.51 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $26 to $148Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $39 to $417
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $34professional $269

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66

Where California sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Nebraska than in Oregon. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $89.13 · 49th of 51
NE $380OR $87.10

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.