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Other Manual Wheelchair or Base

California rates for HCPCS K0009

Other manual wheelchair/base

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Manual Wheelchair or Base cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 8 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$537$457 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$60.26 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $60 to $4,898Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,514
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $468professional $537

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
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $537 · 36th of 51
MN $977RI $437

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.