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Heavy-Duty Wheelchair

Louisiana rates for HCPCS K0006

Heavy-duty wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heavy-Duty Wheelchair cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 5 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$589$479 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$69.18 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $50 to $562Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $479 to $724
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $316professional $589

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
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Kansas than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $537 · 27th of 51
KS $1,660DC $363

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.