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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 July 2026.

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

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$316$251 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$89.13 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $51 to $417Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $209 to $347
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $295professional $316

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
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
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$46.77
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 7th of 51

$316

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.