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Lightweight Wheelchair, Detachable Arms, Elevating Legrest

North Carolina rates for HCPCS E1240

Lightweight wheelchair, detachable arms, (desk or full-length) swing-away detachable, elevating legrest

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lightweight Wheelchair, Detachable Arms, Elevating Legrest cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $200 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$407 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$200 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $69 to $891Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $200 to $891
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $562

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in North Dakota than in Illinois. 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· 40th of 51

$537

ND $1,413IL $110

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.