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High-Strength Lightweight Wheelchair, Detachable Arms

North Carolina rates for HCPCS E1090

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$871$871 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$363 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,862Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $676 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $871

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
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36

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. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 7th of 51

$871

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.