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Portable Gaseous Oxygen System with Home Compressor, Rental

Connecticut 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$282$251 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$28.18 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $23 to $912Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $219 to $398
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $234professional $282

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$64,565.42
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Nebraska than in Oregon. 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.

Connecticut· 15th of 51

$282

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.