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Ultralightweight Wheelchair

North Carolina rates for HCPCS K0005

Ultralightweight wheelchair

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultralightweight Wheelchair cost?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$1,445$1,230 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,445 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $1,905Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,862
$1K$2Kfacility $1,445professional $1,445

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
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Hawaii 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· 41st of 51

$1,445

HI $2,818IL $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.