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Lightweight Wheelchair

South Carolina rates for HCPCS K0003

Lightweight wheelchair

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lightweight Wheelchair cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$372 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$331 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $302 to $437Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $275 to $977
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 51

$776

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.