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Portable Gaseous Oxygen System with Home Compressor, Rental

Louisiana 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$45.71 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$31.62 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $0 to $40Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $28 to $355
$0.1$1$10$100facility $40professional $269

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
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
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
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$151

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.