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High-Strength Lightweight Wheelchair, Legrests

South Carolina rates for HCPCS E1088

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$1,096$1,096 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$204 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,259Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $1,096

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Kansas than in Utah. 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.

South Carolina· 23rd of 51

$1,096

KS $2,399UT $575

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.