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Heavy-Duty Wheelchair, Detachable Arms, Elevating Legrests

North Carolina rates for HCPCS E1280

Heavy-duty wheelchair, detachable arms (desk or full-length) elevating legrests

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heavy-Duty Wheelchair, Detachable Arms, Elevating Legrests cost?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$724$537 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$513 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,230Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $724

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
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 12.6 times more in North Dakota than in Mississippi. 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

$692

ND $2,089MS $166

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.