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Power Wheelchair, Group 2 Heavy-Duty, Sling/Solid Seat

Alabama rates for HCPCS K0824

Power wheelchair, group 2 heavy-duty, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity 301 to 450 pounds

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Power Wheelchair, Group 2 Heavy-Duty, Sling/Solid Seat cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 4 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$3,715$2,818 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$355 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $257 to $3,631Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $3,715

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Minnesota than in Oregon. 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$3,311

MN $6,310OR $1,862

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.