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Alaska rates for HCPCS K0838

Power wheelchair, group 2 heavy-duty, single power option, captain's chair, patient weight capacity 301 to 450 pounds

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does HCPCS K0838 cost?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,266 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$4,266$617 to $6,166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$3,236 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,310Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,607
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $4,266

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
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,165.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$6,165.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
2 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
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KR · Partial-month rental
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$616.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
NR · New when rented
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Kansas than in Montana. 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.

Alaska· 13th of 51

$3,802

KS $8,128MT $646

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.