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Standard Wheelchair

North Carolina rates for HCPCS K0001

Standard wheelchair

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Standard Wheelchair cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$155 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$195 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $35 to $269Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $26 to $417
$20$50$100$200$500facility $195professional $219

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
9 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Kansas 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· 32nd of 51

$209

KS $832IL $30.20

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.