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Lightweight Wheelchair

North Carolina rates for HCPCS K0003

Lightweight wheelchair

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lightweight Wheelchair cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$339$288 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$331 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $59 to $427Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $224 to $479
$50$100$200$500facility $331professional $339

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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 16.6 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· 31st of 51

$331

KS $832IL $50.12

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.