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Lightweight Wheelchair

Louisiana rates for HCPCS K0003

Lightweight wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lightweight Wheelchair cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$407$339 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$43.65 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $35 to $372Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $263 to $479
$20$50$100$200$500facility $224professional $407

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
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Kansas than in Washington, DC. 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.

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$380

KS $832DC $257

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.