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South 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 July 2026.

How much does HCPCS K0838 cost?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$3,090$3,090 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$513 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,631Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $3,090

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
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Kansas than in Oklahoma. 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$3,090

KS $8,128OK $2,399

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.