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High-Strength Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Legrests

North Carolina rates for HCPCS E1087

High strength lightweight wheelchair, fixed full-length arms, swing-away detachable elevating legrests

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does High-Strength Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Legrests cost?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 5 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$1,230$1,230 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$178 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,622Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,230
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $537professional $1,230

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Kansas than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

North Carolina $1,230 · 6th of 51
KS $2,399UT $479

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.