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Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Elevating Legrests

South Carolina rates for HCPCS E1270

Lightweight wheelchair, fixed full-length arms, swing-away detachable elevating legrests

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Elevating Legrests cost?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$646$575 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$107 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $52 to $692Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $427 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $389professional $646

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
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Minnesota 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· 30th of 51

$575

MN $1,122UT $302

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.