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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 October 2026.

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

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 to $912.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $457 to $912Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,000
$200$500$1Kfacility $832professional $813

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
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in North Dakota than in Wyoming. 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· 29th of 51

$832

ND $2,692WY $135

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.