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Hospital Bed, Fixed Height, with Side Rails, No Mattress

North Carolina rates for HCPCS E0251

Hospital bed, fixed height, with any type side rails, without mattress

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hospital Bed, Fixed Height, with Side Rails, No Mattress cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$324$229 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$151 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $56 to $513Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $151 to $513
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $151professional $324

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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
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
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in North Dakota than in Illinois. 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· 40th of 51

$302

ND $832IL $54.95

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.