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Lightweight Wheelchair

North Carolina rates for HCPCS K0003

Lightweight wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lightweight Wheelchair cost?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 6 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$427$398 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$46.77 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $44 to $851Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $339 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $427

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
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 10th of 51

$427

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.