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North Carolina 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?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,631$2,188 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$3,631 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $3,981Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $3,631

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
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
9 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
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$3,631

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.