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Minnesota 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,623 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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$5,623$2,512 to $6,918
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,388 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $18,621Professionalmedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $6,918
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,012professional $5,623

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
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$40,738.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$933.25
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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$5,495

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.