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High-Strength Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Footrests

North Carolina rates for HCPCS E1089

High-strength lightweight wheelchair, fixed-length arms, swing-away detachable footrest

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$832$832 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$457 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $81 to $7,079Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $661 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $724professional $832

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
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.2 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.

North Carolina· 12th of 51

$832

KS $2,399UT $457

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.