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Portable Gaseous Oxygen System with Home Compressor, Rental

North Carolina 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$30.90 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$31.62 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $32 to $347Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $23 to $347
$20$50$100$200$500facility $33professional $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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
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
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
8 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$269

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.