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Lightweight Wheelchair

South Carolina rates for HCPCS K0003

Lightweight wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lightweight Wheelchair cost?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$363$363 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$51.29 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $36 to $447Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $331 to $776
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $363

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
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$363

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.